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Team Member WAS CLOSING A RAILCAR LID AND WHEN I DID I FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK AND INSTANTLY HAD PAIN. IT WAS A CLEAR NIGHT, NO RAIN. HE WAS DOING HIS NORMAL JOB AND JUST MOVED WRONG
Employee was working on removing ice as he stepped off the last step on the ground level set of stairs with my left foot and slipped on a flat sheet of ice. Investigation Findings: At the bottom of the stairs on the line 1 diester there was a layer of packed snow and ice covered by water as the ice was melting. There were no signs of ice or snow on the stairs or hand rails.
Employee was getting air filters off the warehouse rack. He was using the 5 foot mobile stairs instead of the 8 foot stairs. when he reached for the filters on the top shelf at a height of 12 feet he lost his balance and fell backwards off the stairs, landed on his right heel. Employee has a broken heel
Employee was taking a hydraulic line off Volvo 220G loader.
Employee was preparing to clean computers in control room when he set the air compressor down his back had a spasm.
Employee was stepping down off rail car with left leg and spraining left ankle.
Cutting outboard bearing on a 2 ton fan on south side of building. Bearing would not slide off and had to cut off with grinder. Outside cuts were made. When working on last inside section, the grinder blade shredded causing pieces of blade to hit top of the employee's left hand. PPE worn: hearing protection, face shield, mechanic gloves, safety shoes, and safety glasses.
Employee was walking on locomotive walkway and slipped on oil causing him to fall onto his RT knee.
Employee was climbing down from D8 dozer, he was facing machine using 3 point contact. He stepped onto the mid rail between the tracks his foot slipped off, he tried to catch himself his arm slipped through the bar and wedged under the fender causing the fracture. This employee's left hand was severely deformed in an accident a few years back and doesn't have a hand to grasp with.
Employee was in a harness on a man lift using a shovel to clear sand off a conveyor belt and felt a pop in his lower back.
Contractor was performing normal work on 3rd floor of 400 building and allegedly hit his head on a low hanging duct.
Employee stepped on a piece of angle iron and rolled his ankle.
Employee was getting out of L220F loader and rolled his ankle on a frozen clod.
Employee climbing over railcar, missed a step and tried to catch himself. Felt pops / snaps in elbow.
Employee was cleaning railcars on a very windy day. He was wearing safety glasses but a foreign object flew in his eye.
Employee was attempting to open a large trough style rail car lid when he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder.
Employee was drilling holes and a small piece of metal flew out and got by employee's safety glasses and into his eye.
Employee was stepping out of dozer, slipped, and hit his left knee on the dozer track.
Air would not bleed off air compressor line (though both gages read 0 psi) so employees turned attachment and it blew air out and hit employee in the face. Employee sustained ear pressure/discomfort.
Employee opening bottom doors on railcar. One door stuck so employee applied force with bar used to open doors. When door broke free the momentum forced employee and bar to the ground. The 50 lb bar lacerated employee's left ring finger when smashed against railroad track.
Injured man pinched his hand between the manlift basket railing and a metal beam. Operator was looking at wheels of manlift to fit into small opening. Injured man was watching operator rather than observing his environment. Had hand placed outside basket.
Return idler was on the ground in front of the Maintenance shop. Employee was distracted and tripped over the return idler. Stitches in right leg.
EE was cleaning, shoveling sand from conveyor belt and when complete, his elbow was hurting.
Removing frozen material from rail car, strained shoulder climbing out of car.
Employee was standing on a step stool to increase visibility. The step stool was not secured to the floor grating and it slipped through the floor grating. The employee injured his shoulder when he tried to catch himself. Employee did not seek medical attention until 6-5-08. This is when activity became restricted.