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EE HAD BEEN INSTALLING A TRANSMISSION ON AN END DUMP & WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF THE TRUCK. HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 6 FT. HE PUT HIS HANDS OUT TOBREAK THE FALL & HURT HIS LEFT FOREARM. HE WAS T AKEN TO E.R. & A SPLINT WAS PUT ON HIS FOREARM
EE IS A PARTTIME WORKER ASSISTING IN ENGINEERINGDEPT. ON WORK STUDY PROGRAM THRU LOCAL HI SCH.L HE WAS ACCESSING THE STAIRWAY ENTRANCE TO ENGINEERING BLDG, AND HE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE RESULTING IN A FALL. HE WAS FITTED WITH WRIST BRACE & PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 1 WK AS A CONSEQUENCE
EE HAD FINISHED HIS SHIFT LOADING WASTE COAL TRUCKS WITH A FRONT END LOADER. HE HAD BEEN RELIEVED BY THE DAY SHIFT OPERATOR AND WAS WALKING TO THE CREW VEHICLE WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON THE UNEVEN AND SNOW COVERED COAL SURFACE. LATER THAT DAY, HE WENT TO ADR. AND AN X-RAY WAS POSITIVE FOR A FIBULA FRACTURE.
EE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK NEAR THE AUXILIARY STOCKPILE. HE NOTICED THE STOP ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. HE NOTICED SMOKE AND FIRE COMING THRU THE FLOOR, ACTIVATED THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FROM THE CAB AND EXITED THE MACHINE. HE WAS SEEN 1/2 CLIMBING, 1/2 JUMPING DOWN THE LADDER ON THE FRONT OF THE CAB AND HE ROLLED ON THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS AT A FILL STATION LOADING A 10,000 GALLON WATER TRUCK WITH WATER. THE TANK FILLED AND HE WENT TO THE PUMP CONTROL, PUSHED THE STOPBUTTON AND RETURNED TO THE TRUCK TO REMOVE THE WHEEL CHOCKS. AT THAT TIME HE NOTICED THE WATER FLOW HAD CONTINUED. HE TURNED SUDDENLY TO RETURNTO THE PUMP CONTRO AND HIS KNEE "GAVE WAY" AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
EE WAS MOVING A DOOR IN THE DRAGLINE REVOLVING FRAME. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON AN INSPECTION RING COVER IN THE FLOOR, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND THE DOOR SLIPPED AS HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE BULKHEAD. HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BULKHEAD AND THE DOOR, CUTTING IT. THE LACERATION REQUIRED FIVE STITICHES.
EE WAS PERFORMING FUELING AND SERVICING WORK ON A D11R DOZER. WHILE DISMOUNTING THE DOZER, HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE MAIN DOZER SUPPORT ARM STEP, AND HE FELL STRIKING HIS CHIN ON THE UPPER SURF ACE OF THE DOZER TILT CYLINDER. THERE WERE NO SLIPPERY SURFACES ON THE DOZER, HOWEVER THE WORKER DID HAVE AN ACCUMULATION OF OIL AND GREASE ON H IS SHOES.