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EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER TO HOOK WATER HOSES TO THE CRUSHER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE & FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO TAKE PINS OFF TO GET THE LID LOOSE TO CHANGE THE SHOES ON THE VSI OF THE CRUSHER. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE CRUSHER ONTO HIS HAND. HIS WRIST AN D HAND STARTED SWELLING. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT GOTO THE DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD ONLY SPRAINED WRIST, BUT WHEN PAIN WORSENED HE SAW A DOCTOR.
EE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT ON TOP OF THE CORE OR THE CRUSHER. HE HAD ATTACHED A LARGE WRENCH TO THE NUT AND WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE WRENCH WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER AT THE END OF THE WREN CH TO TIGHTEN THE NUT. HE SWUNG AND MISSED AND THE MEMENTUM OF HIS SWING CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL HE FELL ON TOP OF THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE CRUSHER DOWN.
EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A BEARING ON THE CRUSHER WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET TO THE GROUND.