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EE WAS CLIMBING ON A ROCK TO CLEAN HIS BACKUP LIGHTS, AND FELL OFF THE ROCK. THE EE HURT HIS RT ELBOW, WRIST, AND RIBS.
EE MISSED BOTTOM STEP ON LOADER LADDER. PAIN IN BACK.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER ON THE ROCK TRUCK WHEN THE LADDER CAME OUT FROM UNDER HIM, LANDING THE EE ON HIS LEFT LEG.
EE WAS CLIMBING UP ROCK TRUCK LADDER, WHEN HE SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS KNEE.
AFTER FUELING LOADER EMP WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING A LOADER CAB WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE DID NOT FALL DOWN BUT JERKED HIS BACK.
EE WAS FUELING A GRADER AND BEGAN TO STEP DOWN FROM THE MACHINE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A STEP. EE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HANDRAILS AND STOPPED HIS FALL. EE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK AS HE STOPPED HIS FALL. EE FELT NO EFFECTS FROM EVENT AT TIME, HOWEVER, HIS BACK BEGAN BOTHERING HIM THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, AND HE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATION.
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROMTHE 6IN WATER PUMP TO HIS WATER TRUCK EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HANDS IN HIS POCKETS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON MUD FALLING ONTO HIS LEFT ELBOW
EE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS GRADER AND STEPPED DOWN ONTO UNEVEN GROUND. EE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AS HE PUT WEIGHT ON HIS FOOT.
EE WAS CLEANING WINDOWS ON HIS LOADER AND WAS STEPPING FROM THE FRONT FENDER TO THE OPERATORS PLATFORM WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. THE HANDRAILS STOPPED THE EE FROM COMPLETELY FALLING BUT HE STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG ON THE FRONT OF THE FUEL TANK. EE RECEIVED FIRST AID FOR THE CUT ON HIS SHIN AND S COMPLETED HIS SHIFT. EE WENT TO A DR THE FOLLOWING AFTERNOON WHEN HIS LEG BECAME SORE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE COUNTERWEIGHT OF A LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED BEHIND THE STEP. EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS AND WAS CAUGHT BY HIS LEG BEHIND THE STEP. EMPLOYEE CONTINUED WORKING TH E REST OF HIS SHIFT AND REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AT 6:30 AM THE NEXT MORNING AT WORK.
EMPLOYEE HAD PLACED A CRIB BLOCK BETWEEN THE BED AND FRAME OF THE CAT 789B (200 TON) ROCK TRUCK. EMPLOYEE HAD BEGUN CLIMBING DOWN THE WORK LADDER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL AGAINST HIS WELDING TRUCK AND TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM WELDING IN A ROCK TRUCK BED. THE AID FILTER THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING TIPPED OVER. EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIMSELF BEFORE FALLING, STRAINING A MUSCLE IN HIS ABDOMAN.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOUNTING A LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER. EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX. 5' TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM THE CAB OF GRADER ON TO RIGHT REAR TIRE AND CLOSED DOOR BEHIND HIM. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN DOOR WITH HIS FOOT TO GET BACK IN. EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON T O THE TIRE, THEM THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A TRACK DRILL THAT HE WAS REPAIRING. AS EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO GROUND STEPPING ONTO UNEVEN GOURND & TWISTED ANKLE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL LATER & RADIOLOGIST IN DICATED THERE WAS A FRACTURE.
EMPLOYEE HAD MOUNTED THE 35 TON CAT WATER TRUCK WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED ON THE CAT WALK AT THE OPERATOR'S CAB. EMPLOYEE ELL FROM THE CAT WALK TO THE GROUN, STRIKING HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE CAT W ALK AS HE FELL.
EE STEPPED ACROSS FRONT OF LOADER TO CLEAN FRONT WINDSHIELD. AS EE STEPPED ACROSS HE SLIPPED HURTING LEFT FRONT LEG ABOVE ANKLE. LEG INJURY IS CUT OF BADLY BRUISED WITH SWELLING EE TRIPPED ON A LOOSE WIRE DANGLING FROM THE EQUIPMENTS CAUSING THE EE TO SLIP.
EMPLOYERS DRILL OPERATOR CLOSED DRILL DOOR ON HIS HAND EMPLOYER WAS ASSISTING DRILL OPERATOR TO EMPLOYERS TRUCK BECAUSE OPERATOR WAS PASSING OUT AS EMPLOYER WENT TO HIS TRUCK HE STEPPED IN A H OLE & FELL AS EMPLOYER FELL HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK
WHILE CLIMBING UP THE BACK OF THE TRACK OF A DOZER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL ACROSS THE RIPPER.
WHILE CLIMBING OFF OF THE DOZER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL 4', LANDINGON DOZER TRACKS.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF ROCK TRUCK, EMPLOYEE FELL BACK, LANDING ON HIS REAR END.
WHILE CHECKING FUEL ON SWEEPER EMPLOYEE PULLED SELF UP WITH HAND SLIPPING & LANDING ON THE TIRE OF THE SWEEPER
WHILE GETTING ON DOZER, EMPLOYEE TRIPPED & FELL CATCHING SELF WITH RIGHT HAND, STUBBING INDEX FINGER.
WHILE GETTING ON THE GRADER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & CAUGHT SELF WITH THE RIGHT ARM-PUTTING ALL THE WEIGHT ON THE ARM.
WHILE CLEANING THE BACK WINDOWS ON HIS DOZER, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED, HITTING THE GROUND ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING UP DOZER, WHEN HE FELL OFF THE TRACK-LANDING ON HIS FEET-ON THE GROUND.
WHILE CLIMBING ON LOADER, EMPLOYEE FELL OFF WHEEL AND CAUGHT SELF ON THE RAIL.
WHILE EE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF LADDER WITH THE LEFT FOOT STILL ON THE LADDER, HE SLIPPED IN THE MUD WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT PULLING LOWER BACK MUSCLE.
WHILE WORKING ON DOZER EE PICKED UP A DOOR AND SLIPPED HIT RH SIDE OF BLACK AGAINST DOZER.
WHILE STEPPING OUT OF GREASE TRUCK EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE GROUND,TWISTING ANKLE.
EE STARTED TO GET OUT OF THE DOZER AND SLIPPED AND FELL FROM THE DOOR OF THE DOZER TO THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER AFTER CLEANING THE WINDOWS ON HIS ROCK TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS BACK.
WHILE STEPPING OUT OF GREASE TRUCK EE SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS KNEE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ON BACK OF TRUCK WHEN HIS LEG SLIPPED OFF THE TRUCK,HITTING THE SIDE RAIL ON THE TRUCK.ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED ON 03-06-91.
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING KUBBARD OFF HIS TIRE TRUCK HE SLIPPED ON A 4X4 PIECE OF WOOD LANDING ON THE GROUND ON HIS LEFT SIDE
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF FOREMAN'S TRUCK, WHEN HIS FOOT HIT THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON GREASE TRUCK WHILE FUELING TRUCK, FALLING ON THE GROUND, LANDING ON HIS HEAD.
EMPL CLIMBING INTO DOZER,SLIPPED ON DOZER TRACKS.
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING FUEL HOSE BACK ON FUEL TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE TRACK OF THE DOZER.
SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE FILLING DRILL WITH OIL LANDING ON R ELBOW ON DRILL TRACK
PRYING ON BAR ON DRILL FELL ON HAND AND SHOULDER
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING EQUIPMENT WHEN HE STEPPED FROM GRADER HE TWISTED HIS FOOT
HE SAID HE SLIPPED ON THE LADDER ON A ROCK TRUCK AND FELL WHILE HELPING DO MECHANICAL REPAIRS.
SLIPPED ON LADDER OF ROCK TRUCK FELL.
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM TOP OF 992C LOADER WHILE CREASING IT. HE LANDED ON HIS FACE AND CHEST, WAS TAKEN TO HAZARD ARH. WHERE SURGEY WAS PERFORMED ON HIS FACE AND TO CLOSE LOCERATIONS.
SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE PULING HOSE ON STEAM JENNY INJ FT UPER LEG. WNET TO ER 1-21-89. DR STATED BRUISED RT UPER THIGH MUSCLE.
STEPPED OFF LADDER OF 99226 WHEN HE FELL & TWISTED ANKLE RIGHT.
SLID OFF LADDER ON POWDER TRUCK AND BROKE FRONT TEETH OUT WHEN MOUTH HIT LADDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING HEAD LIGHTS WHILE STANDING ON BLADE HE SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT THE DOZER TRACK ON HIS LT SIDE