Employee sat an excavator tooth on a handle of water cannon. Employee moved handle causing tooth to fall on top of head. Employee had removed hard hat for unknown reasons. Employee received a cut that required a couple of stitches.
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Showing all 3EE WAS OPERATING EQUIPMENT TOO CLOSE TO EMBANKMENT WAS NOT WATCHING EMBANKMENT COLLAPSED ALLOWING DIRT TO SURROUND MACHINE EE SUFFERED BROKEN LEG.
EE WAS OPERATING MACHINE TOO CLOSE TO EMBANKMENT. THE EE WAS NOT WATCHING EMBANKMENT WH IT COLLAPSED ONTO MACHINE. EE WAS PINNED TEMPORARILY BY HIS FEET. EE THEN DISEMBANKED MACHINE AND WAS TA KEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HEWAS TREATED FOR BRUISE AND RELEASED.