Employee was exiting the right rear passenger door of a crew cab pickup when EE got feet hung up between the rear seat and the door pillar, causing EE to fall out of the vehicle and land on the right shoulder and hip area. EE sustained a deep bruise to the right hip area causing EE to miss the next scheduled shift.
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Showing all 9Truck driver was walking around trailer when ee slipped and fell. The temperature was -6 degrees which contributed to slick conditions of the packed snow. The driver slipped, ankle rolled and ee fell fracturing tibia and fibia.
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Employee was exiting the cab of the vehicle she was driving that had been parked with the driver's side front and rear axles partially on a stem pile increasing the distance from the vehicle step and the ground. As the employee's left foot contacted the ground, her knee buckled. An MRI revealed a torn ACL. Surgery to repair the torn ACL took place on 07/16/2009.
Removable stairs were not level or secured from top of dragline shoe to rev-frame platform. Injury was stepping down onto second step when stairs came loose. He lost balance falling approx. 3' onto his left side, striking the toeboard of a catwalk on top of the shoe, fracturing the 12th left rib.
Employee put himself in a precarious position so that when he slipped, his leg became wedged between two pieces of iron.
While attempting to locate the heater valves in the engine compartment of a blade, the employee fell approximately 3 and 1/2 feet to the ground. The employee felt sharp pain in his right shoulder and both hips. He was unable to return to his next scheduled shift.
EE DESCRIBES THE ACCIDENT AS FOLLOWS: " I WAS SURVEYING ALONG A SCRAPER CUT (2'DEEP) WHEN I LOST MY FOOTING ON THE UNEVEN AND LOOSE MATERIALAND FELL AND INJURED MY LT. WRIST."
AFTER COMPLETING REPAIR OF A CAMERA AT THE TAG READER ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS, EE WAS RETURNING TO HIS TRUCK AFTER DOING A FINAL EQUIPMENT CHECK AND TRIPPED OVER A PARTIALLY EXPOSED CABLE & ROLLED DOWN THE EMBANKMENT APPROX. 15'. THIS CAUSED A BACK SPRAIN.