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Employee had finished washing on a conveyor belt and jumped from the head pulley of the belt to the ground. Employee was unable to walk and sought medical treatment. Employee was placed on restricted work duties and diagnosed with a broken leg.
Employee was climbing up a Volvo A35G Haul Truck when they lost their footing and fell forward into the battery box on the truck hitting the bridge of their nose. The employee sought medical treatment and received stitches. They were released to full duty on the same day.
Employee was completing a preshift inspection on the loader, when the bottom step to the equipment broke. The employee reported pain in their ankle. They sought medical treatment on 12/14/21 and were placed on restricted work duties.
An employee was helping with repairing the horn on the dozer. When they went to dismount the machine, the employee grabbed the handle to the hood. The hood shifted, causing the employee to lose their balance and fall between the dozer tracks and blade. The employee injured their leg.
The employee was completing a pre-shift inspection on the John Deere 750K dozer. After checking the engine oil, he could not get the engine compartment door to close because the door was bent. He tried to kick the door to make it shut and his right foot slipped off the tracks and he fell off the machine and landed on his left arm on a berm.
Team member was washing material off the concrete pad when he slipped and fell onto his left knee. He declined immediate medical attention. On November 18, 2013 the doctor diagnosed his knee as a sprain and employee returned to work on November 18, 2013 on restricted duty.
Team member was exiting the excavator. When he stepped down onto the step he felt a pop and a sharp pain in his left knee. He did not seek medical treatment that day. He returned to 10/22/2013, due to pain, he went to the clinic to have knee examined. The doctor diagnosed torn right medial meniscus. He returned to work on restrictive duty on 10/22/2013.
Employee was climbing a ladder and while on the second or third step the ladder slid off of the leg of the sand screw. The ladder and employee fell to the ground and he hit his left elbow on the concrete pier on the way down resulting in a chipped elbow.