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Injured employee was standing on 3rd rung of a portable ladder when it slipped out from under him. A vertebra was fractured when he fell to the work platform.
Injured employee stepped on edge of crack in concrete pad near crushing plant main screen. He twisted his ankle and fell, causing a sprain.
Injured employee slipped while descending ladder on Kawasaki Model 85Z II Front End Loader, fell & bruised left hip.
The injured employee wass loosening hand brake on rail car when he slipped & hit bottom on the car drawhead. The accident was determined to be "lost time" on 07/11/2005.
Injured employee was standing on the track of an excavator preparing to install the battery he had in his hands when he slipped, fell to the same leve, and struck his knee on the track. This caused a contusion that became a problem after about a week and required medical treatment. Fluid was drained from the affected knee and he was placed on restricted duty.
Injured employee was standing on a 17" high by 14" wide concrete curb observing a truck being loaded. He fell while stepping back to the floor of the building, landing on his lower back.
Employee was using water hose off water truck he was operating to clean up spilled material off concrete pad under jaw crusher. After completing the job he layed the hose down to walk back to the truck and tripped over the hose, fracturing a bone in his ankle when he fell to the same level.
EE STOPPED NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF PLANT 2 MILLROOM IN ORDER TO FUEL THE PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR. WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF FUEL TRUCK ONTO UNEVEN GROUND (LOADER TIRE TRACK) HE TURNED HIS AN KLE IN AN INWARD DIRECTION.
EE WAS LOOSENING BRAKE ON RAIL CAR. HE STEPPED ONTO WET CUT LEVER, SLIPPED & JAMMED HAND INTO BRAKE WHEEL. WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF, HE INJURED RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE STARTED TO DESCEND STEPS DOWN TO RAILROAD LEVEL WITH OBJECTS IN BOTH HANDS AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL. HE THEN FELL DOWN THE STEPS.