Was a rainy day, slipped on stairs going down to his work area. Wasn't holding safety rails as he said he grabbed the railing to stop himself from falling down the stairs and hit and sprained his knee. He is having an MRI to see if there is further damage on Wednesday 10/24/2012
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Showing all 7Employee slipped on spilled media beads on floor. it resulted in a torn ligament that required surgury on June 16th, 2010 to repair.
Employee cut right fore finger on guard while turning centifuge bowl with wrench.
Employee went to doctor complaining of right wrist pain. There was no specific accident or event that caused the pain. The doctor stated that it could be work related.
Employee was using a sledge hammer to aid in removing cover on centifuge. When swinging hammer his hand slipped down the sledge hammer handle and he missed his target. His right hand struck the lid opener wrench causing a laceration of the right index finger.
Believed to be from repetitive scraping of cake off of press overtime.
The employee was traveling up and down stairs to get to a valve to free it up.