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HE GOT OUT OF THE CAB TO CLEAN HIS HEADLIGHTS OFF AND SLIPPED. HE FELL TO THE GROUND. HE RECEIVED SEVERAL BRUISES AND SPRAINED HIS NECK. HE ALSO BRUISED HIS SPINAL CORD.
A FOREIGN OBJEDCT CAME FROM SOMEWHERE INSIDE THE ENCLOSD CAB, POSSIBLY THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR &BECAME IMBEDDED IN THE OPERATORS EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS STARTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE DAY SHIFT. HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A 777B AND ON THE LAST STEP HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK AND HIP.
SLIPPED APPROX. 3' FROM REAR STEP ON BULK TRUCK.SPRAINED BACK.
EE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING LOADER. NO SPECIFICS WERE GIVEN. APPARENTLY BOUNCING IN THE SEAT CAUSED THE INJURY.
HE WAS HAULING OVERBURDEN TO DUMP AREA WHEN HE CALLED THE FOREMAN ON THE CB AND SAID HE WAS IN PAIN. HE TOLD THE FOREMAN THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING PRETTY BAD & WAS RADIATING TO HIS NECK AND O NE OF HIS LEGS.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON WET GROUND; SLIPPED & SPRAINED ANKLE.
BOULDER FROM A BLASTING SITE ROLLED DOWN THE SLOPE AND STRUCK A CARPORT, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. A RESIDENT WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK WITH DEBRIS, CAUSING SOME INJURY.
DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE LOADED TRACTOR -TRAILER, OVERTURNED. DRIVER WAS THROWN AGAINST THE DOOR INSIDE OF CAB. INVESTIGATION FINDING: DRIVER STATED THAT HE HAD LOST AIR PRESSURE. LATER THE OWNER TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT IN LOW GEAR.
AS DRIVER WAS APPROACHING 001 PIT THE FUEL TRUCK STALLED AT TOP OF HILL. THE DRIVER THEN ATTEMPTED TO BACK OFF THE HILL. IN THE PROCESS, THE RIGHT REAR WHEELS ROLLED UP ON THE EMBANKMENT CAUSI NG THE TRUCK TO OVERTURN. AS THE TRUCK WAS TURNININING OVER, THE DRIVER JUMPED OUT. THEN THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER HIM, RESULTING IN HIS INJURY.