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EE WAS WALKING TO ROCK PLANT WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO TWIST.
WORKER USED AN 8" PIPE AS A STEP. PIPE WAS WET AND MUDDY AND FOOT SLIPPED WHEN HE STEPPED ON THEPIPE. FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM AND HE CAME DOWN ON LOWER BACK AGAIN HITTING ANOTHER PIPE.
EE WAS PLACING SHEET METAL ROOFING ON ROOF FRAME[WHICH WAS NOT ELEVATED] AT ABOUT 45 DEGREES. HE WAS STANDING ON LADDR, LADDE FOOTING SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO SLIDE DOWN SIDES WHICH HE PROCEEDED TO JUMP DOWN SPRAING HIS LEFT ANKLE & WRENCHING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. NO DAMAGE DONE & EE CONTINUED TO WORK AFTER SECURING THE LADDER BETTER. EE LATER FELT INJURIES.
TRIPPED ON SHOVEL CAUSING EMP TO SKIP A STEP ON THE STAIRWAY AT PRIMARY CRUSHER AND INJURING LOWER BACK.
I WAS TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTON OF A FELLOW EMPLOYEE IN THE CONTROL HOUSE, BUT WASN'T HAVING ANY SUCCESS. I STARTED TO WALK IN HIS DIRECTION WHEN I SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO RIGHT KNEE. MY KNEE LANDED ON THE EXPANDED METAL ON THE CAT WALK WHICH RESUTLED IN CUT.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER & JUMPED LAST TWO RINGS HIS ARM HIT THE HANDRAIL PLEASE NOTE EMPLOYEE DID NOT NOTIFY EMPLOIYER UNTIL 11-07-91 OF THIS ACCIDENT
WAS PULLING NEW SCREEN WIRE FROM SCREEN RACK. SCREENS WERE PUSHED TO OPPOSITE SIDE OF RACK. THEY WERE LEANING, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STAND AND FELL BACK ON EMPLOYEES WRIST.
CLIMBED OUT OF BOWL ASSEMBLY - STEPPED ON OUTER RING AND IT DROPPED APPROX 1/2" AND CAUSED I.NAME TO LOOSE BALANCE, INJURED RIGHT HAND TRYING TO BREAK FALL