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FELL FROM LADDER, UPPER AND LOWER LIP REQUIRED STITCHES.
WHILE LEANING ON 5 FT BAR TO PRY SLACK IN CHAIN AROUND TAIL PULLEY, EE SLIPPED AND LANDED ON THE BAR ON HIS RIBS.
EE SLIPPED ON GRATING OF STAIRWELL IN TRANSFER TOWER AREA. LEFT INDEX FINGER WENT THROUGH GRATING AND BODY WEIGHT WENT THE OTHER WAY, LACERATING FINGER AT MID KNUCKLE.
CLIMBED A LADDER TO CLEAN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF 097 BLADE. AS SHE WAS CLIMBING BACK DOWN ONTO THE LADDER, HER RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF FRAME AND SHE LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL 8 TO 12 INCHED BA CK DOWN ONTO THE LADDER. JUST BEFORE HER LEFT FOOT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE LADDER STEP, SHE HIT LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST THE METAL TUBING THAT HOLDS THE MIRROR IN PLACE. DISLOCATED HER SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS HOSING TRUCKS AND TRIPPED OVER THE HOSE. HE CUT HIS FINGER WHEN HE FELL DOWN.
EE WAS REMOVING PARTS OF LEFTSHOE WHILE STEPPING ON BAORDING LADDER HIS RIGHT LEG SLIPPED ON STEP INJURING RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM REAR PORCH OF PUMP TRUCK. HIS FOOT CAUGHT CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
WHILE STEPPING FROM FRONT TO REAR OR FROM PLATFORM TO GRONT OF 941 LOADER, EE MAY HAVE CAUGHT PANT LEG ON A LIGHT CAUSING HIM TO FALL 7' TO THE GROUND. RECEIVED A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO RIGHT EL BOW.
STEPPED OFF THE LADDER OF #220 HAUL TRUCK & SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE
HAD JUST STEPPED UP ONTO DANCE FLOOR OF 009 DRAGLINE, FROM MOTORS. WALKING ACROSS REAR OF DANCE FLOOR WHILE WATCHING HOIST ROPE(TO DUCK UNDER IT) MISSED SEEING DECK PLATE OVER SWING MOTOR WAS OFF. STEPPED THROUGH HOLE, CAUGHT HIMSELF BEFORE FALLING ENTIRELY THROUGH. MULTILPE CONTUSIONS AND ABRASIONS, FRACUTRED LEFT RIB AND LACERATION ON LEG REQUIRING STITCHES.
STEPPING DOWN OFF LADDER ON SHOE OF DRAGLINE, LEFT FOOT STEPPED IN IMPRINT LEFT BY THE DRAGLINE SHOE. TWISTED ANKLE AND FELL DOWN. ANKLE BECAME SORE AND SWOLLEN.
WAS STEPPING UP ONTO TRUCK LOST BALANCE AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.
UNPLUGGING SLOT BAGHOUSE, UNCAPPED CLEAN OUT PORT, UP ON CATWALK BY CONE OF BAGHOUSE. BAGHOUSE BROKE LOOSE & EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET OUT, DOWN LADER, CAN'T SEE, LOST HARD HAT & FELL OFF LADDER. BANGED WRIST & ELBOW ON R ARM, SORE. HE CAME TO SEE COMPANY NURSE ON 11/18/94 COMPLAINING OF KNEE HURTING FROM THE FALL. HADN'T MISSED WORK, SEEN DOCTOR ON 11/29/94. LTA STARTS 11/29/94.
FUEL STATION ATTENDANT FELL FROM DECK OF A HAUL TRUCK AND WAS FOUND ON HIS BACK IN FRONT OF THE HAUL TRUCK. EE WAS CONSCIOUS BUT WAS CONFUSED ON HOW HE GOT THERE AND WHAT HAPPENED. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.
WHILE FILLING ENGINE WITH OIL, TECHNICIAN TURNED AROUND AND LOST HIS BALANCE, FELL OFF THE CHAIN CASE TO THE FLOOR. FRACTURE TO THE LEFT ELBOW.
SLIPPED ON ICE OUTSIDE OF B.L.O. BUILDING. ON 1-17-94 SEEN COMPANY NUSE AND THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE, BUT SAID HE WAS OK. CAME BACK TOSEE NURSE 1-26-94 AND STILL HAD PAIN INGORIN A ND SOME SWELLING.
SLIPPED ON SOAPY WATER.
EE WAS WALKING FROM THE SHOP TO THE CHANGEHOUSE AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT HE STEPPED ON A LARGE PIECE OF SCORIA TWISTING HIS ANKLE & FALLING TO THE GROUND
COMING DOWN LUNCHROOM STAIRS, RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF STAIR TREAD AND CAUGHT ON STEP BELOW, CAUSING LEG AND KNEE TO TWIST UNDERNEATH BODY WHILE CONTINUING DOWN STAIRS.
SLIPPED ON ICY ROCKY SURFACE.
UNLOADING #062 DOZER FROM #948 LOWBOY STARTED UP LEFT REAR OF TRACKS,GRABBED FUEL RECOVERY HOSE FOR SUPPORT,FITTING CAME APART,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL TO THE GROUND.INJURY WAS BROKEN SHOULDER BALDE,6 BROKEN RIBS,LACERATION TO LEFT SIDE OF HEAD,AND BROKEN RIGHT WRIST.
WALKING DOWN STEPS AT FUEL STATION ADN SLIPPED, TWISTING LEFT KNEE.
WHILE ON DETEX PATROL OF LUB RM GUARD OBSERVED BACK 2/3 OF FLOOR APPEARED BE WET GUARD ASSUMED THE FLOOR HAD BE WASHED AND WAS NOTIDLY DRY GUARD SLIPPED UPON STEPPING INTO THE WET AREA WHICH W AS ACTUALLY OIL SHE HIT THE FLOOR ON HER R HIP AAND SHOULDER WHEN SHE FELL. THIS RESULTED IN AN INJURY TO HER R HIP SHE WAS CARRING A DETEX CLOCK AT THE TIME WHICH MAY OR NOT HAVE HIT HER HIP
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF SERVICE TRUCK TO THE GROUND & TURNED ANKLE FX HEAD RT 5TH METTARSAL
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A BEAM APPROX. 4 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR TROUBLE SHOOTING PRIMARY SAMPLE CUTTER ON THE OVERLAND SYSTEM WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING BACKWARDS ONTO THE FLOOR, BREAKIN G HUMERUS BONE IN RIGHT ARM.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON GREASE ON TOP OF SHOVEL BUCKET AND FELL, STRIKING LEFT SIDE ON BUCKET MOUNTING EAR.
WALKING TO VECHICLE AT END OF SHIFT SLIPPED ON ICE AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS PAINTING AT THE CRUSHING STATION FOR THE NEWLY INSTALLED OVERLAND CONVEYING SYSTEM.EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF A 6" LEDGE AND STEPPED ON THE SIDE OF HIS FOOT,SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FROM CONCRETE PAD & HURT BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A ROLL OF WIRE FOR THE WELDER, WHEN HE STEPPED INTO HOLE ON TOP OF THE CARBODY OF #002 SHOVEL. CUTS ON LEFT SHIN, REQUIRED STITCHES.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF PLATFORM ONTO UNEVEN SURFACE RR TIES ON CONCRETE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING A GUARD OFF THE CRUSHER AT THE SECONDARY ONE EMPLOYEE AT THE XECONDARY ONE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHICH THREW MOST OF THE WEIGHT ONTO THE OTHER. CAUSED MUSCLE STRAIN TO EM PLOYEE S LOWER BACK PATIENT RECEIVED NO TREATMENT AT THE TIME.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING INTO A TANK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING A JERK ON HIS NECK MUSCLES
EMPL WAS PICKING UP TOOLS AT END OF WORK SHIFT WALKED INTO OPENING IN FLOOR OF REVOLVING FRAME CAUSING SPRAIN TO RIGHT SHOULDER.
LOST FOOTING SLIPPED AND FELL FROM TANDEN CASE TO FLOOR SUFFERED PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER AND NUMBNESS IN LEFT WRIST.
DISMOUNTING FRO4 SCRAPER TRACTOR, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON BOARDING STEP, SEVERE SPRAIN, LEFT ANKLE
EMPL WALKING ST9PPED INTO INDENTATION IN GROUND RESULTING IN BACK STRAIN.
STEPPED THROUGH3HOLE IN WOODEN TRUCK BED. SEVERE SWELLING AROUND RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON WET/SLICK TRACK PADS WHEN HE SLIPPED SPRAINING HIS RIGGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING OUT OF A BOBCAT WHEN HER FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BUCKET DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND ICE AND TWISTED HER RIGHT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING DOWN THE SLOPE OF A HAUL TRUCK BED AND SLIPPED ON THE SLICK METAL OF THE BED AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG A PRE-OPERATIONS CHECK WHEN HE TRIPPED ON SOME CLAMPS AND BOLTS, FALLING DOWN THREE STEPS ON THE SHOVEL, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
WAS WASHING TLO3PAD WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FELL ON HIS KNEE.
STACKING IDLERS WITH FORKLIFT, STOPPED FORKLIFT, STEPPED OFF AND STEPPED IN A HOLE APPROX. 6 DEEP, TWISTED ANKLE.
FELL WHILE MOVING CABLE
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB INTO BACK OF HAUL TRUCK. \E SLIPPED TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM FRONT END LOADER AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING MINE PROPERTY TO BEGIN WORK DAY. HE STEPPED OFF OF SIDEWALK AND FELT SLIGHT PAIN IN BACK. NO FURTHER PAIN WAS NOTED UNTIL 7 MAY 1984 WHEN THE EMPLOYEE FELT A VERY SEVERE PAIN IN HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE A BACK STRAIN WAS DIAGNOSED.
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON DOZER CHECKING THE RAIATOR FLUID LEVEL, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL, HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BY GRABBING ONTO A HYDRAULIC LINE.
EMP SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE ICE