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EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON CONCRETE SIDEWALK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO ROLL, RESULTING IN A STRAIN / SPRAIN OF THE LEFT ANKLE
EE WAS CLEANING ALONG THE FENCE LINE AND STEPPED ON A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT. THE NAIL PENETRATED HIS FOOT. MEDICAL TREATMENT CONSISTED OF A TETNUS SHOT AND A SHOT OF ANTIBIOTICS.
ROCKS IN THE LOADING HOPPER JAMMER UP, EE SHUT DOWN THE PLANT AND CLIMBED ONTO THE ROCKS TO FREE UP THE JAM. AS HE CLIMBED ACROSS THE ROCKS HE TWISTED HIS FOOT. EE DID NOT THINK HE HAD A SERIO US INJURY AND DID NOT REPORT IT.
EE STEPPED ON A RUSTY NAIL WHILE GETTING NERW ROLLERS FROM THE BACK OF THRE SHOP, PUNCTURING LEFT FOOT.
JUMPED DOWN FROM CONVEYOR AND STEPPED ON ROCK AND SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY STEPPED ON BRACKET CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BR9AKING 2 INCH X 4 INCH X 8 FT LUMBER BY LEANING PIECE OF STEP BUMPER OF A TRUCK AND STANDING ON IT. THE BROKEN PIECE WERE BEING PITCHED TO ONE SIDE OF RUSE AS BRACEDS FOR THE BU LKHEAD. HE WAS 4ALKING FROM THR TYRUCK TO THE WORK AREA, STEPPED ON A PIECE OF LUMBER. HE SUFFERED HIS INJURY WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF O F THE PIECE OF LUMBER.
EMPLOYEE WAS UNROLLING WELDING LEADS FROM SERVICE TRUCK AND LAYING THEM OUT IN PREPARATION OF MAKING PLANT REPAIRS. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK, WHICH ROLLED UNDER HIS WEIGHT CAUSING HIM TO LOSE BALA NCE.
EMPLOYEE IS A DRILLER AND WORKS ON ROCK BENCHES. HE LOST FOOTING WHEN THE ROCK HE HAD STEPPED ON ROLLED FROM UNDER HIM AND HE FELL AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK.
EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING A MECHANIC IN THE REPAIR OF A LOADER. HE WAS TOLD TO GET A GREASE GUN OUT OF THE SHOP TRAILER SO THE EQUIPMENT COULD BE LUBED AFTER REPAIRS WERE FINISHED. EMPLOYEE WAS R UNNING TO THE TRAILER IN AN ATTEMPT TO EXPEDITE THE REPAIR AND A ROCK HE HAD STEPPED ON ROLLED OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING THE INJURY.