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OPERATOR STOPPED MACHINE TO GET OUT AND CLEAN MUD OFF FRONT AS HE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP. HE HELD ON TO THE HAND RAILS BUT THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT CAUSED A PAIN TO LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A CLOSED -TOP HOPPER RAIL CAR.A LOADING DOOR.24 IN CHES WIDE AND RUNNING LENTH OF THE CAR WAS OPENED TO LOAD THE CAR.THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED FORWARD TO CROSS THIS OPENING AND FELL 12 FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR.THE FALL RESULTED IN A FRACTURED THIGH,THUMB AND NOSE.
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE LOST HIS FOOTING WHILE DESCENDING STEPS AND FELL STRIKING A WINDOW WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT OF PATH OF MOTION. HIS LEFT ARM STRUCK AN BROKE THE WINDOW PANE. HE RECEI VED A CUT AND MINOR SCRATCHES ON LEFT FOREARM.