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RAINING, SLIPPED ON TRACKS (FUELING DOZER). FELL TO GROUND.
EE WAS REMOVING A 455 KOMATSU DOZER LIFT JACK CYLINDER WHEN HE NEEDED TO REHOOK HIS CRANE. WHEN HE SET THE CYLINDER DOWN TO REHOOK THE CYLINDER MOVED SIDEWAYS AND PURED HIS FOOT UNDER CT. HE T HEN FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE BACK AND STRETCHED ALL THE LIGMENTS ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
61205EAR ENGINE TURNING ON HEAT LINE FOR HEATER IN CAB FELL TO GROUND.
WALKING ON SLOPE SLIPPED ON ROCK FELL LACERATING RIGHT PALM HAND AND WRSIT WHEN PUT HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF REQUIRED 10 SUTURES.
WHILE WALKING FRONT TRACK LOST FOOTING. FELL STRIKING BACK ON CYLINDER TO BLADE.
WHILE CLIMBING UP ON TOP OF BULLDOZER TO ADD ANTI FREEZE SLIPPED & FELL OFF FRONT OF DOZER STIKING HEAD ON BOTRTOM OF DOZER BLADE. IT HAD BEEN SNOWING & SURFACE WAS WET & SLIPPERY.
OPERATOR WAS FUELING HIS DOZER AND SLIPPED ON THE TRACK WHILE DESCENDING FROM THE FUEL TANK AREA TO THE GROUND THUS FALLING APPROX 5 FT RECEIVING NO VISIBLE INJURIES HOWEVER HE WAS EXAMINED AN D FOUND TO HAVE BRUISES AND A SLIGHT SPRAIN OF THE LOWER BACK AREA