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While Dismounting the tire handler and progressing down the ladder, EE stepped down to the last rung on the ladder, felt pain in right ankle and could not put any weight on right ankle/foot.
Employee fell in parking lot and injured wrist attempting to brace themselves from fall.
Employee fell backwards from a height of approx. 4' off of a lowboy trailer deck to ground level, causing a non-separation fracture to left hip and L-1 vertebra compression fracture.
Employee stepped on small rock while stepping out of a Ford F-150 pick-up truck. This caused EE to lose EE's balance and fall after rolling EE's ankle. X-rays showed that EE broke EE's lower right fibula in three places.
While descending, Employee fell from the lower rung of the access ladder on a 16H motor grader and landed on the moboard resulting in fractured ribs and a minor laceration to employee's liver and spleen.
Employee stepped on uneven ground and rolled his left ankle resulting in a small fracture to a bone in his foot.
Employee injured tendons in his right shoulder when he lost his balance on his work platform and used his right arm to catch himself. Employee was prescribed pain medication.
Employee fell from the back of a D-10-T dozer to the ground, resulting in an abrasion to his face, contusion to his right thigh and a fracture to his left index finger.
Employee was removing rock from a crusher and lost his grip, causing him to fall and land on a rock that was on the floor. This resulted in pain to his ribs. After evaluation at the local hospital it was found that his left lung was collapsed.
At end of shift employee was exiting confined work space-his tool bucket got hung up, he lost his balance and hit his face on a gussett
An employee was ascending a truck ladder when his right foot slipped. This resulted in a fat lip and he chipped a previously broken and decayed bicuspid. The employee's dentist had recommended extraction before the incident. The incident didn't cause damage to a tooth that was to be extracted. BBCC will conference this reportable.
An employee fell from an elevated platform.The employee received first aid and has not missed work. MRI results have all been negative involving traumatic injury.The results did reveal disk space degeneration due to age and patients with migraine headaches. The employee elected surgery 12/11/06. BBCC will conference this illness.
The injury occurred as employee was doing repairs on the bed of a CAT 777 truck. To access the area of the bed needing repairs he was required to use a manlift. Exiting the lift required him to step down about 2 feet. After exiting the lift the first few times he began experiencing a sharp pain in his lower back.The pain worsened over the three days it took to do the job.
Employee lost his balance on uneven ground, when he caught himself he felt a pull in his back.
While performing routine maintenance on an Ingersol Rand DMM3 overburden drill, employee lost his balance & fell from a 36" work platform to the shop floor. Employee put out both arms to brace his fall. His left arm took the majority of the force and hyper-extended. X-ray exam indicated a slight break on the end of the lrft arm radial bone.
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LABELING BARRELS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FOR OFF-SITE DISPOSAL. SHE SLIPPED ON FROST-COVERED CONCRETE PAD AT THE WASTE STORAGE BUNKER, STRIKING HER CHIN ON THE BOLT O F A BARREL CLAMP RESULTING IN A CUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER JAW-LINE REQUIRING 8 STITCHES TO CLOSE. THE FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON HAD COME THROUGH THE PREVIOUS EVENING, LEAVING ICE/SNOW.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF #14 LUBE TRUCK WHEN THE HOLDING STRAP FOR THE BOARDING STEP CAME UNDONE. THE STEP FOLDED OUT & HE LANDED FLAT ON HIS FEET, JARRING HIS LOWER BACK.
WHILE GETTING OFF OF #10 BLADE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE LEFT GRAB RAIL & FELL FROM THE TOP BOARDING STEP, LANDING ON THE MOLDBOARD OF THE BLADE.
THE EE HAD TWO SEPARATE INJURIES THAT OCCURRED ON HIS BACK IN MARCH. THE FIRST OCCURRED ON MARCH 3RD AFTER DRIVING A COAL HAULER. SECOND OCCURRED ON MARCH 12 AS HE STEPPED OFF A WATER TRUCK. EE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS LOWER BACK RESULTING IN PAIN.
TEMP SERVICE EE (MANPOWER) SLIPPED ON PICKUP BUMPER & BRUISED UPPER BACK. HE WAS TAKEN TO TOWN FOR CHECKUP BY DOCTOR.