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WHILE FUELING BULK TANK AN SERVICE TRUCK OPERATOR FELL OFF AND HIT SHOULDER ON OPEN DOORS ON BULK TANK.
HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER(FIXED VERTICAALY TO SIDE OF SILO)WHEN HE SCRAPED HIS BACK ON PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WHICH WAS PART OF SCAFFOLDING ON AN ADJACENT SILO AND LOST HIS FOOTING APPROXIMAT ELY 4-6 FEET FROM THE GROUND.HE FELL ONTO CONCRETE SLAB.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BAGGING MACHINE WHEN HE FAINTED AND FELL OVER AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A METAL FRAME.
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE LUBE TRUCK WHILE HE WAS CHANGING OIL BARRELS AND HIT HIS RIGHT ARM WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND.
EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT AS HE WAS CLIMBING THE FRONT-END LOADER(VIA THE LADDER),HE LOST HIS FOOTING WHEN HIS BOOT STRAP SOMEHOW GOT CAUGHT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ALDDER,AS HE WAS FALLING HE TRI ED TO HOLD ON WITH HIS LEFT AHND,BUT HIS RIGHT FOOT LANDED ON A ROCK,TWISTED HIS ANKLE,AND AS HE FELL ON HIS RIGHT AHND.THE TWISTING OF THE BODY.AS THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF FROM FA