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INJURED WALKED OUT OF GUN CAR TO CHECK ON REPORTED WATER LEAK.STEPPED ONTO FILL DIRT,WHICH HAD BEEN UNDERCUT BY REPORTED LEAK AT CAR'S REAR,WHEN DIRT GAVE WAY.
GETTING OUT OF TRUCK UNAWARE THAT STEP WAS WET AND SLIPPED
EMPL ON TOP OF 2OIST DRUMS HOOKING UP CABLE,OLD CABLE.WHEN CLIMBING DOWN HE SLIPPED IN GREASE,FELL,HIT BACK.DIDNT SEE COMPANY DR TIL 10-12-87.
WRENCHING UP A 4OINT OF PIPE; EMPLOYEES FEET WERE EMBEDDED IN MUD. AS EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO STEP HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TOWARD THE PIPE, STRIKING HIS LEFT KNEE.
WALKING IN FRON7 OF DRAGLINE CABLE, STEPPED ON WET CLAY AND SLIPPED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE BLALANCE.
EMPLOYEE REPORT8 THAT AS HE SAT DOWN IN A SWIVEL TYPE OFFICE CHAIR AT THE FOREMANS DESK IN THE FIELD OFFICE THE CHAIR COLLASPED THE EMPLOYEE FELL FORWARD AND DOWN AND STRUCK HIS LOWER BACK O N THE CASTER LE1 OF THE CHAIR
EMP REPORTS HE 4AS PUSHING THE DOLLY ALONG THE TRACK WITH HIS RIGHT HAND ON THE BACK OF THE DOLLY AND HIS LEFT HAND ON THE BAR, HOLDING THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN SOME WET FEE D ON THE FLOOR 5ND THE REAR WHEEL OF THE DOLLY RAN OVER THE END OF HIS LEFT THUMB
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE KNEELED ON AN IRON BEAM UNDER THE TUNNELK BELT AND WAS USING A WATER HOSE AND SHOVEL TO CLEAN SOME WET ROCK FROM AROUND THE CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE SLIPPED AND HE BRUISED HIS KNEE AND SPRAINED HIS BACK.