EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING 235 BACKHOE.EXHAUST STACK HAD FALLEN OFF MUFFLER AND HE WENT TO PUT IT BACK ON.HE STEPPED ONTO THE COUNTERWEIGHT,WHICH WAS WET DUE TO RAIN,SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET TO T2E GROUND.
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February 5, 1988
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Materials Corp · Fall from machine
January 30, 1988
FL · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Southern Materials Corp · Fall from machine
MACHINE SLIPPED3IN WET MATERIAL GOT STUCK,OPERATOR JUMPED OFF MACHINE AND BROKE HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Southern Materials Corp · Fall from ladders
CLIMBING DOWN A3STATIONARY LADDER, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND FROM APPROX 3' HIGH. CAUGHT F.HIS FOOT UNDER HIM WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT CAUSING THE BREAK
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