Traumatic injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, etc., unspecified

An employee was putting a 120-pound piece of scrap steel plate into a scrap bin. The piece fell onto the employee’s right foot, causing ligament damage.

An employee was walking down steps when he fell to the cement ground, suffering ligament damage to his knee.

An employee was performing maintenance on a wheel loader (front-end loader) and removed an access plate to the bottom of the engine compartment. After the fasteners were removed, the access plate fell to the floor and crushed the employee’s forearm between the plate and the floor. The employee suffered damage to the muscle and connective […]

Employees were moving a 500- to 600-pound shaker that was about 6 feet tall and 4 feet in diameter. As the employees were loading the shaker into the bed of a truck, it fell over and struck a temporary employee in the left knee. The employee suffered muscle damage.

An employee was investigating a problem with a pants press when it trapped his hand, damaging tendons. He was hospitalized.

An employee was driving a loaded stock picker down an aisle. The loaded product struck a support beam and swung around, pinning the employee against the front of the stock picker. The employee suffered damaged tendons in the right leg.

An employee was pulling laundry out of a washer when she heard a pop in her left arm. She had suffered a strain or tear in the arm.

A temporary employee was on a ladder cleaning a transfer when the employee slipped off the ladder and caught an arm in a pusher chain. The employee suffered a left triceps injury.

An employee was moving cows from one pen to another when a cow hit him in the leg. His leg became swollen and his leg/knee tendons were injured, requiring surgery.

An employee was checking a truck out of the site and gave the driver his manifest ticket. The employee turned around to go to a guard shack. The truck driver may have turned his wheels too tight and ended up striking the employee’s legs with the truck’s rear tires. The employee suffered soft tissue injuries.