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Employee climbing inside rock crushing feeder to assist putting chain around stuck boulder, lost footing & fell into feeder. Another employee in feeder grabbed him & helped break his fall. Employee taken to ER & x-rays taken. Released with pain meds & no broken bones, bruises & strain to lumbar & side. Later visit to dr. on 6/21, x-rays showed back contusion & rib fractures.
Employee moved the metal steps to the lab trailer away from the trailer to paint. He went inside the trailer and came out after a while and forgot that the steps were pulled away from the trailer and stepped out and fell between the trailer and the steps. He received a laceration to his left shin from hitting his shin against the metal steps.
EE WAS COMING DOWN OUT OF MACK HAUL UNIT AND SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM STEP, FELL BACK AND HELD ON TO RAIL. STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES.
EE WAS TAKING A SAMPLE OF 3/4" CLASS "A" BIN WITH IDOT INSPECTOR. WHILE CLIMBING DOWN AFTER OBTAINING THE SAMPLE, THE EE MISSED THE NEXT TO THE LAST STEP ON THE LADDER AND INJURED HIS LOWER BA CK AND LEFT LEG.