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Walking on the ground, the ankle of the right foot is bent.
Employee walking through the access below the Roman tripped and fell on their side injuring the right side of their chest.
Employee was washing the machine on top of the platform ladder, suddenly the ladder went sideways falling to the floor.
The operator slid down from the excavator being held with the right arm supporting all the weight of the body.
While walking ee stumbles in an area not designated for lunch, falling and injure right side of the shoulder, thigh, back and scrape on the neck.
He slipped down from the excavator 330 L injuring his face.
Employee was mounted on maintenance truck, where oil and diesel tanks are located, he slipped and his left arm suffered a strain which resulted in shoulder pain.
Employee was recharging diesel fuel in Loader Komatsu WA500, when employee was dismounting from the loader he landed with his right foot only, feeling sudden pain in his knee.
Employee climbed in pick up truck rear part to grab his hard hat, when he was stepping down he slipped and fell into the towing ball attached to the rear chassis of the pick up truck, employee struck towing ball with his genitals area.
After finishing breakfast break employee was playing a joke on another employee and started running in the parking lot beside the office, while running a dog came running upon the employee, employee jumped above the dog and landed without balance in his right leg and broke one bone in his leg.
While EE was stepping down on access ladder for a screening unit, he slipped, and injured shoulder and hand.
Miner was walking down a conveyor passageway, apparently he didn't notice the end of the conveyor with a ladder to step down, he kept walking and fell approximatley 5 feet to the ground.
Miner was trying to clean a chute from a screen with a hammer. The hammer fell onto the working platform floor and EE jumped from about 3' to the floor. When he tried to get up, his knees could not stand his weight.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AND MAINTAINING THE LOADER EQUIPMENT. WHILE CLIMBING THE LADDER HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT ARM
The injured person was on top of his trailer placing the tarp on the load and attached to a safety harness, he noticed that hook started moving inadvertantly, he pulled and trying to step down the trailer he fell to the ground.
EE WAS USING A HAND TOOL TO MAINTAIN THE SERVICETRUCK. WHILE HE WAS COMING DOWN FROM SERVICE TRUCK, HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
ALLEGEDLY WHILE EE WAS CLEANING A WORKING PLATFORM WITH A WATER HOSE, HE STARTED WALKING DOWN A STAIR, WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL IN THE LAST 5 STEPS OF THE STAIRS. ALLEGEDLY HE RECEIVED INJURIES IN THE BACK & FRONT RT.SIDE (RIBS).
AFTER GETTING HIS TRUCK LOADED, EE GOT UP ON TRUCK TO COVER THE MATERIAL. HE WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER EE TO COME DOWN AND THEY BOTH WOULD COVER IT. WHILE COMING DOWN, HE FELL TO THE GROUND. HE TOLD WITNESSES THE HE DIDN'T FEEL HIS LEGS, SO HE WAS MOVED VIA AIR AMBULANCE TO THE STATE MEDICAL CENTER.
CHECKING THE TAILGATE OF A DUMP TRUCK HE SLIPPED AND THE TAILGATE FELL AND PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND RING FINGER.
HE WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS TO DRINK WATER & SLIPPED HURTING HIS WRIST OF HIS RT. HAND.
CLEANING THE PLANT AREA OF THE QUARRY WENT TO PICK UP A PIECE OF SCREEN AND SLIPPED WITH HIS OWN FOOT, FELL AND HURT HIS LEFT WRIST.
THE EE USED A LADDER TO GET DOWN FROM THE MACHINE ON WHICH HE WAS WORKING. HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE FLOOR, BRUISING HIS RIGHT ARM.
EE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM MACHINE. HE STEPPED ON TOP OF STONE & IT ROLLED. LOST BALANCE AND FELL.
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING PART OF THE TRANSMISSION FROM A MACK TRUCK TO REPAIR. HE FELL AND HURT HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
SLIPPED AND HURT LEFT FOOT, HAD SAFETY BOOTS.
EE SUFFERED A FALL ASCENDING MACHINE.
EE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS SHOULDER.