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Stepped from one loader platform to next to clean his windows and rolled his ankle.
Cold steel, employee climbed on top of jib laying on a crusher wheel on the ground to hook a shackle to it. Standing 3-5' off ground and slipped and fell backwards landing on a rock. Broke rib, puntured lung, & fractured 3 vertabrae.
Stepping up ladder into Wabco haul truck BD13, when foot slipped on rung. Right knee struck step and ground. Employee had a pre-existing condition with this knee.
CAME INTO WORK, WALKED PAST CONTROL ROOM AND TRIPPED OVER ELECTRIC CABLE TO CRUSHER AREA. FELL FORWARD AND USED LEFT ARM TO PREVENT FALL. BROKE BONE IN LEFT FOREARM.
HELPING MOVE CRUSHER WHEEL INTO POSITION, WHEN TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. INJURY BECAME INFLAMED A FEW DAYS LATER.