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Employee was moving used oil drums on a flat bed trailer. Employee pulled on drum he thought was full but was actually empty. The lack of weight caused employee to lose his balance. Employee fell backwards striking his shoulder against forklift and then the ground. Employee received a contusion to the shoulder and was seen by a physician on 6-1-2010.
Employee was exiting the cab of a John Deere Backhoe. When he stepped off of the backhoe he stepped on either a dirt clod or small rock which caused his ankle to twist. The result of twisting his ankle was a sprained right ankle.
The employee was walking through the Grind/Leach building and slipped on some flocculant that was spilled on the floor, causing him to twist his ankle.
The employee was walking along a walkway when he came to a step down. He misjudged the step and felt his knee twist and he jarred his neck.
The employee was investigating a leak in the Solvent Extraction Building when he stepped on a sump grating that was submerged in liquid. The grating turned up and the employee slipped into the sump causing a contusion to his left ankle. He then pushed himself up out of the sump and strained his thoracic muscles and chest wall muscles.
The employee tripped while walking up stairs and fell hitting his jaw on the stairs. This resulted in a mild concussion.
The employee was hanging vent line while standing in the slightly elevated bucket of a loader. He jumped from the bucket (1 1/2 - 2 feet) and felt a pain in his back when he landed. He then drilled with a jackleg drill for about 2 hours and the following morning he experienced severe back pain.
The employee had gone to an area near the fine ore bins to shut down a baghouse, and while walking back to the grind and leach building he slipped on a patch of ice and fell. He injured his shoulder and after several examinations a tear in his rotator cuff was found and surgery was scheduled.
As the employee was entering the solvent extraction building he slipped on ice in front of the door and fell causing a contusion and sprain to low back.
The employee was painting a wall in the laboratory from a ladder. The feet of the ladder slipped out and the ladder slid to the floor. The employee struck his left arm and leg on the floor resulting in contusions and bruising.
THE EE WAS WALKING DOWN WOOD STEPS. AT THE 2ND STEP FROM THE BOTTOM THE NAILS CAME LOOSE FLIPPING THE STEP. THE EE THEN ROLLED HIS ANKLE.
THE EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE #4 AND #5. CCD TANKS WHEN SHE SLIPPED IN MUD AND FELL.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WHEN THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER KICKED OUT. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL AND ATTEMPT TO GRAB A PIPE.
EE WAS EXITING FROM UNDER A THICKNER TANK & SLIPPED ON ICE ON FIRST STAIR. THIS CAUSED HER TO FALL FORWARD & STRIKE HER HEAD ON CONCRETE.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE BATHROOM BECAUSE OF WATER OVERFLOW ONTO THE FLOOR. WHEN HE TURNED TO LEAVE HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER TWO PIECES OF CONDUIT THAT WERE PROTRUDING THROUGH THE FLOOR GRATING AS HE WAS TURNING TO LEAVE HIS WORK AREA. THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS KNEE AG AINST A PIECE OF 4" PIPE.
THE EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICY WALKWAY.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER CLEANING OUT A SCREW CONVEYOR. WHEN SHE DESCENDED THE LADDER SHE STEPPED ON A BUCKET LYING BY THE LADDER AND FELL TO THE GROUND. SHE LANDED ON HER RIGHT H AND RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO HER RIGHT WRIST.
THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON WELDING LEADS THAT WERE LYING ON THE FLOOR AND FELL. HE STRUCK HIS FACE ON THE FLOOR RESULTING IN CHIPPING HIS TWO FRONT TEETH.
THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON A CONDUIT LINE AND FELT PAIN IN NECK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS WHEN HIS BOOTCAUGHT ON A STEP. HE THEN MISSED TWO STAIRS AND JOLTED HIS KNEE WHEN HIS FOOT ENCOUNTERED THE NEXT STAIR.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO SAMPLE A TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ABOUT 8', LANDING ON HIS RIGHT WRIST.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO A DUMP TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS FEET. THIS "JAMMED" HIS NECK AND BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS KNEE (L) WHILE WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND. MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED FOR INFLAMATION.
WHILE REMOVING A SCREW CONVEYOR, THE EE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF METAL. THE METAL BROKE & CAUSED HIM TO FALL ABOUT 2'. THE EE CUT HIS LEG ON THE METAL AS HE FELL.
THE EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE RR TRACKS WHEN HE TRIPPED & FELL RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO HIS LEFT WRIST
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER, THE EMPLOYEE TURNED AND HURT HIS KNEE.
EE STEPPED ONTO A BOARD, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOARD AND HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.