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Employee was mounting a CAT262D skid loader. There was damage to the foot hold causing a gap. The employee's foot went through the gap as they were twisting to sit in the seat causing a sprain to the left ankle.
Employee was driving a forklift with their forks lowered to ground level when they struck a raised section of flooring. The forklift came to halt which cause whiplash type injuries. Employee was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.
Driving down to clean railroad tracks. On way back up to main road passing rail car hit frozen piled up material and hit head on plastic heater column. Seat belt held me down head and neck hit heater column.
Driving forklift into aisle 3, hit the brakes and slid into I beam. Then before hitting I beam, I put my hand out and it cut my middle finger.
Exited Fork truck, arm accidentally hit the drive forward lever, foot was caught under fork truck tire for 3 seconds then rolled over it.
Employee was driving forklift. Fork caught in bridge deck. Sudden stop forced employees ribs into steering wheel.
EE was hauling a sack of graphite behind the pellet plant. It was a windy day. He hit a bump and material bounced off the sack into the air. The air carried the material toward him and struck him in the face. A piece of material got around his safety glasses and into his right eye.
The employee forgot to engage the parking brake on the forklift. He got off to untie a sack, and the lift started to roll towards him. The lift hit a beam which stopped it, but a sack of material fell on his right ankle.
Employee was on forklift backing down ramp after dumping a bag of feed in the Rollermill. The forks were extended up with the empty sack on the forks. He went down the ramp at an angle catching the corner of the ramp. This caused the forklift to tilt over. He was complaining of chest, back, and left thigh pain. He also said right eye was blurry.
While helping the screen #3 Operator hang a sack at the floor dump, the forklift Operator lowered the forks to quickly and the employee's finger got caught between the hooks of the forklift and the sack of material.
Employee was working on the main chain on a forklift mast. He stood on the dash board of the forklift with his body positioned between the roll cage and mast. While he was working, his foot engaged the tilt back lever pinning him against the roll over cage. A co-worker saw what happened and tilted the mast back to free him.
EE WAS ON FORKLIFT BACKING DOWN A RAMP & HIS BACK TIRE CAUGHT THE EDGE OF THE RAMP CAUSING HIM TO FLIP THE FORKLIFT OFF THE RAMP. THE FORKLIFT LANDED ON ITS SIDE. EE WAS WEARING SEATBELT.