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Employee was walking down the stairs which provide access to the front end loader and employee's foot slipped, causing employee to fall on employee's back. Employee has 4 non-displaced fractures of transverse processes, lumbar vertebra 1, 2, 3, 4.
EE was attempting to attach a chain from a front end loader bucket to a trailer to lift it up and remove jack stands. The front end loader moved forward and ee stepped back, stumbled and fell on back. EE has a cracked T7 vertebrae.
Employee was using a shovel cleaning up spilled material. He slipped in the mud and twisted his left knee.
Employee was checking the oil on the track hoe that he was operating. His foot slipped and he fell against the track, fracturing two ribs.
EE climbed down from his haul truck and stepped on a piece of rock, causing him to fall backwards.When he reached back to break his fall he caused a slight fracture to his right wrist (distal radius).
EE was fueling the loader when she stepped down on the berm around the fuel tank, she lost her balance and fell backward, injuring her left wrist.
EMPLOYEE IS A MECHANIC & WAS WORKING ON HIS TRUCK. HE WAS STANDINGON THE TRUCK FRAME RAIL AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF, CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND STRADDLE THE RAIL. HE AS DIAGNOSED WITH BILATERAL IGNUINAL STRAIN AND PERINEAL CONTUSION.