EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED PARKING DOZER AT END OF SHIFT AND BEGAN TO EXIT MACHINE. HE STEPPED ONTO THE RIGHT HAND TRACK AND WALKED TO FRONT OF MACHINE. HE THEN PLACED FOOT ON BLADE BRACE ASSE MBLY BRACKET WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED. HIS LEFT FOOT CAUGHT UNDER BLADE BRACE BAR AS HE FELL BACKWARDS APPROX. 2' TO THE GROUND INJURYING HIS LEFT KNEE.
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June 15, 1996
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dallenbach Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
December 7, 1995
NJ · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Dallenbach Sand Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects
EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING NOSE SECTION OF DREDGE WHEN HE WENT TO MOVE ONTO THE NEXT SECTION. HE STEPPED ONTO A COUPLING ASSUMING IT WAS SECURE. THE COUPLING APPARENTLY AHD BROKE FREE AND ROTATED WHEN EMPLOYEE PALCED HIS WEIGHT ON IT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOSE HIS BALANCE ADN FALL STRIKING HIS LEG ON DREDGE LADDER FRAME.
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