IT WAS A CLEAR3DRY DAY AND EMPLOYEE COMING DOWN STAIRS THAT GRANT ACCESS TO THE TOPS OF OHERNS ELUTION AND IX COLUMNS WHEN HIS RT HEEL SLIPPED OFF OF A STEP CAUSING HIS RT LEG TO SHOOT OUT IN FRONT OF HIM A7 THE SAME TIME THIS INCIDENT CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO SIT DOWN RESULTING IN HYPEREXTENSION OF RT KNEE
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Showing all 3EMPLOYEE CUTTING NIPPLES OUT OF 2" PVC AND PLACING THEM BESIDE PICKUP WHERE CUTTING OPERATION WAS TAKING PLACE. CREW WAS STARTING TO PICK TOOLS UP BEFORE QUITTING TIME, APPROXIMATELY 3:30 P.M. WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ONE OF THESE 2" PIECES OF PVC CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CORRECT HIS BALANCE HE TURNED HIS BODY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF FALL. THIS
WAS STEPPING OFF LADDER ON SMOOTHE FLAT CEMENT FLOOR WHEN EMPLOYEE TURNED LEFT ANKLE