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Dismounting off the cable reeler stepped on a rock and it rolled and twisted ankle spraining it.
WALKING BY GRIND DITCH TO GO TO ANOTHER JOB, THERE WAS A HOSE BURRIED IN THE MUD, STEPPED ON HOSE AND TWISTED ANKLE.
EE STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK ON FLAT SURFACE, PULLING HIS TENDON ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE. EE HAS PRE-EXISTING PROBLEM WITH TENDON.
EE STATED THAT HE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF DRILL D-11 & WHEN HE REACHED THE BOTTOM STEP, HE SLIPPED & STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE. * EE WAS GIVEN LIGHT DUTY FOR 2 DAYS & LATER ON IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPORTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO PERFORM ALL OF HIS JOB DUTIES WHILE ON LIGHT DUTY.
THE EE STATED THAT HE WAS UNDERNEATH THE DRILL THAT HE WAS OPERATING AND WAS LIFTING A DECK BUSHING TO PUT A BIT ON AND HE WAS KNEELING ON SHARP ROCKS THAT MUST HAVE BRUISED HIS LEFT KNEE. WHE N HE LATER GOT OFF OF THE WATER TRUCK, HIS LEFT KNEE JUST GAVE OUT. THE EE MISSED HIS FIRST SCHEDULED WORK DAY ON 12-9-97. WHEN HE WAS SCHEDULED FOR KNEE SURGERY.