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EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF SMALL DOZER AND TURNED LEFT ANKLE ON UNEVEN GROUND. X-RAYS REVEALED FRACTURE OF TIP OF LEFT FIBULA.
COMPLAINEDOF SORENESS IN RIGHT KNEE AND SOME SWELLING. EMPLOYEE SAID THAT IT HAD GRADUALLY BEEN GETTING WORSE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR AND HAD 9CC OF FLUID REMOVED. DOCTOR SUGGESTED THAT HT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED FROMC RAWLING ON KNEES WHILE PERFORMING MECHANIC DUTIES.
EMPLOYEE WAS BRAKING DOWN DRILL RIG TO MOVE DRILL. MUD TUB IS PULLED ONTO RIG WITH DRILL WINCH CONTROLLED BY CLUTCH AND HAND BRAKE. HAND BRAKE SLIPPED CAUSING MUD TUB TO FALL ON EMPLOYEE, CAUS ING LACERATION TO HEAD.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OVER A FENCE POST GAVE WAY AND EMPLOYEE FELL ON TOP OF THE POST