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EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER OF A CAT MOTOR GRADER. HE SLIPPED ON THE RUNG OF THE LADDER AND CRCKED HIS KNEE ON THE FRAME OF THE CAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT A PLUGGED CONE CRUSHER. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO HE SLIPPED AND CRACKED HIS NECK AGAINST A METAL SURFACE. EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF NECK PAIN BUT ASSUMED PAIN WOULD GO AWAY IN TIME. IT ID NOT GO AWAY AND EMPLOYEE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION APPROX. ONE MONTH LATER. X-RAYS SHOWED THREE COMPRECCED VERTEBRAE. EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATED ON OCT. 29, 1992.
EMPL ASSISTING IN CLEANING UNDER A TRUCK SCALE.WHILE DRAGGING A PIECE OF RUBBER BELTING BACKWARDS ACROSS THE SCALE DECKING, THE EMPL STEPPED INTO AN OPEN MANHOLE. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS -BRUISED T AILBONE BUT LATER X-RAYS REVEALED A RUPTURED DISK.EMPL WAS OPERATED ON 6-24-92 AND IS OFF WORK FOR FIRST TIME SINCE ACCIDENT.
EMPL CLIMBING DOWN LADDER,FOOT SLIPPED FROM LADDER RUNG,TRIED TO REGAIN BALANCE,HIT ELBOW AGAINST ANOTHER LADDER RUNG.ELBOW BECAME SWOLLEN WITH DECREASED RANGE OF MOTION.
EMPL WAS WORKING ON SAND SCREW. HE SLIPPED & TURNED ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A LADDER FROM A CATWALK. IS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE TOP RUNG TO THE NEXT RUNG DOWN. HE FELT IMMEDIATE PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.
EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING WITH ANOTHER WORKER REPAIRING THE CRUSHER.THE OTHER WORKER DROPPED A PIECE OF IRON HE WAS CARRYING.THE EMPLOYEE INJURED JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY,TRIPPED AND FELL ON HIS SHOUL DER DISLOCATING3IT.
EMPLOYEE WAS JU8T STARTING TO CLIMB DOWN FROM A CAT 769 DUMP TRUCK HE SLIPPED AND FELL 7 TO 8 FT TO A CONCRETE FLOOR HE SUFFERED CRACKED RIBS AND TORN CARTILAGE IN THE RIB CAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING A SCREEN ON THE CRUSHING PLANT HE WAS BRACINAL HIMSELF AGAINST A SCREEN THAT MOVED CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL HE STSTAINED A CUT BELOW THE RIGHT KNEE KNEE THE DOCTOR X RAYED AND IMMOBILIZED HIS LEG