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Injured employee mistepped and fell while dismounting a grader after turning on the equipment master switch. He fractured his left wrist in attempt to brace himself while falling.
Employee was walking through the plant and stepped in a hole causing him to sprain his left ankle.
Upon further investigation it was noted that the principal injured fell, striking his head on the batteries as a result of horseplay. The injured employee jumped on the back of another employee & he fell to the ground when the uninvolved employee leaned forward. When the principal injured fell forward this resulted in a small laceration above his left eye which required 2 sutures.
The injured employee was exiting his vehicle to enter the office when he slipped and fractured his right ankle.
EE was attempting to climb onto the 850 John Deere dozer. He had placed one foot on the step. When he tried to place the 2nd foot on the step, that foot slipped in the snow. He was holding onto the handrail. When his foot slipped, it caused him to twist and fall against the tracks of the dozer, pulling a muscle and pinching a nerve in his back.
Employee fell while getting down from grader. Foot slipped, causing fall. Tried to break fall by putting hands out, causing strain on left hand. He reported to supervisor, refused medical treatment. Went to ER next morning 11/30/10, and had hand X-Rayed. Employee came to work that day, missed no time. Hospital notified him 12/5/2010 with the results, confirmed his hand was broken.
After parking the Fuel/Lube Truck employee walked behind the truck where he slipped/tripped on the frozen ground resulting in a sprained ankle.
At the beginning of day shift on November 18, 2008 EE was attempting to enter his dozer to begin the pre-shift examination. The door of the dozer was frozen due to snow and below freezing temperatures. When he pulled on the door handle and it broke causing him to lose his balance and fall backward off of the dozer striking his head on the ground.
While descending a Cat 988F Loader, the miner slipped and caught himself, causing a strain to his right shoulder.
Employee went to use a port-a-pot. As he opened the door he was attacked by bees. Employee ran from the area and slipped and fell landing on his right side.
After pre-tripping my truck, I saw who I thought was the attending supervisor for J & W Excavating. I needed to tell him I had to leave at 2:00 pm that day. As I went between the truck & the building to tell him, I tripped & landed on my left knee which caught the corner of a metal pan filled with water that my right leg had fallen into (causing the cut to knee).
As the employee got off the 385-b to go to the 400, he was about one step away from the 385, when his foot slipped on the ground. He reached out to catch himself, his hand caught a rock.
Employee stepped off 988b loader, falling off bottom step to the ground. Employee broke his fall with his hand; he struck a rock which made a small laceration.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN A BANK TO CHECK THE WATER QUALITY OF THE DISCHARGE FROM A POND. HE SLIPPED ON A WET ROCK AND FELL, FRACTURING A BONE IN HIS LEG.