As employee was descending the front steps of the truck his hand slipped from the handrail and he fell backwards to the ground, landing on his hips.
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Showing all 7Employee was checking oil levels in hydraulic tank. When he bent over and raised up, his foot slipped causing him to fall from the deck of the bulldozer, landing on the ground.
Employee slipped and fell on black ice while walking to guard shack to begin his shift.
Installing engine in D10T, it had been raining all day & was installing rear mounts, drive line & hoses in hole & standing on angled belly pan & slipping & right knee popped and overextended.
Employee was getting out of the rear of a service truck when he had one foot on the bumper and the other on the rear step. He slipped & fell striking his head on a concrete pad used to service equipment.
EE was in the process of giving his pre-shift to the fueler, when he fell to the ground from his dozer. He received 3 fractured ribs and a laceration to the right side of his head, requiring 2 staples.
EE was cutting trees on a slope. While walking between trees, he slipped on an unseen rock. He fell onto the chain of his saw, saw brake was engaged and chain was not moving, cutting his left arm.