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SOMEONE HAD LEFT THE POWER SWITCH TURNED ON TO THE LOADER & I NAME CLIMBED INTO THE LOADER TO TURN IT OFF WHEN HE STARTED TO GET DOWN HIS FEET SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL IT HAD SNOWED DURING THE NIGHT & IT WAS VERY SLIPPERY
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK (PICKUP) THAT TOOK HIM ON THE HILL TO HIS DOZER. AS HE REACHED INTO THE BED OF THE PICKUP TO GET HIS LUNCH BUCKET HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL AND HIT HIS RIBS AGAINST THE TAILGATE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT FELL THAT HE WAS HURT AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL DEC. 10, 1991.
FOOT SLIPPED IN TRACK CAUSING HIM T LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL AGAINST PILE A ROCK
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING TO REALIGN THE TABLE BUSHING AND THE DECK OF THE DRILL. HE HAD RAISED THE DECK BUSHING AND LOCKED IT IN PLACE WITH THE DECK WRENCH. HE HAD HIS HAND BETWEEN THE TABLE BUSHI NG AND THE DECK OF THE DRILL WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING THE BUSHING TO FALL AND FOUL HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BUSHING AND THE DECK OF THE DRILL.
THERE HAD BEEN SOME RAIN AND THE MEN WERE CLEARING TREES. THE EE STEPPED ON A TREE LIMB OF A DOWNED TREE AND DUE TO BEING WET IT WAS SLIPPERY AND HIS FEET FLEW OUT FROM UNDER HIM.