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At the time of the incident, the injured employee had just cut a sheet loose and was trying to pry it up, they went to stand up and missed a step, stepping off the edge of the sheet and fell through the opening from the first removed panel. The crew had previously hung self-retracting lifelines for tie-off, but the injured employee was not tied-off at the time of the fall.
Bent over to pick up a folded up 4 ft ladder and when they bent over they fell forward and caught themselves with left arm and strained or tore a tendon near bicep/shoulder area.
The injured employee was attempting to blow argon through the VOCL3 transfer line to clean out the system's transfer pump. When they charged the line with argon, it ruptured the filter housing, spraying hot VOCL3 over the lower half of their body, burning their left ankle.
The injured employee was walking down a catwalk at the feed station and slipped on some ice. As EE fell, EE grabbed the handrail, pulled EE's shoulder, and landed on EE's right knee and elbow.
Employee was emptying a hopper containing hot material and opened the clam shell under the hopper the wrong way and hot material fell on top of EE's right foot resulting in the burn. The employee was wearing safety steel toes but they were low top.
EE was using a utility knife to cut a piece of conveyer belt. The knife slipped and punctured a 1/4 inch cut into EE's left forearm requiring 2 stitches.
The injured employee was working on the Leach belt filter vacuum box. As EE was adjusting the lifting arm, EE slipped, and EE's left leg went under an I-beam, causing EE to twist EE's left knee.
Baghouse pulsed air which blew dust into right eye when worker looked into an inspection port door to see why screw wasn't working correctly.
Employee was using a wheelbarrow with a reasonable load but it was on a slight slope and it gained momentum and they were holding onto the handle as it rolled into an outer equipment guard. Employee was wearing leather gloves but, the weight/momentum combined with hitting that metal guard cover caused two fingernails on left hand to be removed after it was smashed in between.
The injured employee was thawing out a frozen water line in EE's work area. As EE was working EE's way along the line EE slipped on a patch of snow/ice.
The injured EE was exiting the hourly employee clock in building and slipped on a patch of snow/ice, causing EE to twist and fall to the ground.
EE was closing a diverter and put EE's foot up on a ledge/lip to use leverage and the boot tip stuck as EE put EE's strength into closing the diverter and the torque caused a pop in the right knee. EE doesn't know yet if there is any damage to the cartilage.
Feed Operator was walking across the concrete feed pad and stepped on a rock, rolling left ankle.
EE walked out of EE's control room and the toe of EE's boot caught the grating which made EE fall down to EE's knee which caused a cut to EE's knee requiring stitches.
EE was cutting a hose with a knife and it slipped resulting in EE cutting their front right thigh. 3 stitches were required.
Was pulling bags off of cages in the baghouse and they were full of material and when EE torqued with EE's arms to pull bag off the shoulder popped out of socket. It did not appear to be a full separation. The pain was tolerable and I could feel a slight separation in EE's ligaments on EE's right shoulder.
EE (Plant Operator) was checking the circuit. As EE exited the vehicle and begin walking up to the stairway, EE rolled right ankle, resulting in an ankle sprain.
EE was removing the guard on the bearing housing near the heat shield and smashed the finger between the heat shield and the guard.
The EE was working on a 60" shaker screen and as EE was installing a section ring, it slipped causing EE's left forearm to slide across the edge of the unit resulting in a laceration to EE's left forearm that required stitches.
The injured EE was helping free a frozen gate latch on the bed of a Mack dump truck. EE inadvertently placed EE's hand between the gate latch and the truck bed and as the air latch closed it pinched EE's right-hand pointer and middle fingers between the bed and gate latch.
The employee was operating a forklift in the Mill yard helping unload feed material and doing general cleanup. As EE stepped off the forklift EE rolled EE's left ankle.