SET UP SIX FOOT STEP LADDER EMPLOYEE CLIMBED THE LADDER TO WORKING POSITION (APPROX 3FT)WHEN HE BEGAN WORKING THE LADDER SHIFTED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO FALL LANDING ON HIS FEET HE FINISHED HI S SHIFT WENT HOME ABOUT 6:00AM THE EMPLOYEE WEN T TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR PAIN IN LEFT FOOT THE NEXT WEEK HE WENT TO GILLETTE BONE & JOINT CLINIC TO DR DARNELL FOR EXAMINATION
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Encoal Corp · Fall from ladders
January 9, 1994
WY · Coal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Encoal Corp · Fall from ladders
EMPLOYEE WAS ON LADDER WHEN LADDER KICKED OUT & EMPLOYEE FELL ABOUT TWO FEET, SPRAINING ANLKLE.
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