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WHILE EE WAS STANDING A TOW MOTR SIDE SWIPED EE'S RIGHT FOOT.
OPERATING BOBCAT OUTSIDE OF STORAGE AREA.STEPPED OUT OF BOBCAT TO PLACE JUNK MATERIAL INTO BUCKET AND LEFT EQUIPMENT RUNNING W/SAFETY BAR UP (ENGAGED).RETURNED AND STEPPED BACKWARD TO GET INTO SEAT.WHILE ENTERING BOBCAT BUCKET CAME UP.HE TRIED TO STOP BUCKET,BUT PINCHED HIS LEFT ARM.HE HAS NO REAL MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THIS.
OPERATING THE PAYLOADER PAIN FLEW INTO RIGHT LEG.SOMETHING LIKE A CARAMP.WENT HOME AND CONTINUED WORKING TILL THE 16TH WIFE MADE HIM GO TO DR.ADMITTED TO ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL WITH A BLOOD CLOT .RE-OPENED PAIN FOR A WEEK IN RIGHT LEG.WENT TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS AND THEY KEPT HIM. HAS BLOOD CLOT SAME PLACE.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE SUPPORTING TIMBERS SO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE COULD SET TWO BUNDLES OF 8 LIFTER BARS (APPROX. 125 LBS EACH BAR) THAT WERE ON THE FORKLIFT. THE BUNDLE IN FRONT SHIFTED AND ROLL ED OFF THE FORKS, STILL IN THE BINDING STRAPS AND PINNED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LEG BETWEEN THE LIFTER BARS AND A CHUTE. EMPLOYEE HELPED HIM LIFT THE BARS OFF AND PULLED BACK.
OPERATING THE PAYLOADER PAIN FLEW INTO RIGHT LEG, SOMETHING LIKE A CRAMP. WENT HOME AND CONTINUED WORKING TILL THE 16TH WIFE MADE HIM GO TO DR TUKE. ADMITTED IN ST JOSPH S HOSPTIAL WITH A BLOO D CLOT.