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EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING FROM A D&L DOZER ONTO A CAT D6 DOZER THAT HEOPERATED & HE SLIPPED FELL & LANDED ON H IS RT SIDE UPON THE TRACKS OF THE D8L DOZER THE GROUND OF THE D8L INTERCEPTED HIS FA LL & THE RESULT WAS A FX OF RIBS
EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO PEN SLIDING WINDOW IN SCALE HOUSE IT APPARENTLY JAMMED A BIT SO WITH EXTRA FORCE BY HER SLIP OF HAND & BALANCE WAS OFF & SHE FELL TOWARD WINDOW HAND & ARM CATCHING FALL AGAINST WINDOW CAUSED WINDOW TO BREAK & 2 LACERATIONS ON RT ARM.
EMPL ATTEMPTED TO THAW FROZEN BELT BY WALKING UP BELT WITH TORCH ON WAY DOWN BELT WITNESS SAW HIM SLIP OFF BACKWARDS BUT DID NOT SEE HIM HIT GROUND. AFTER FALLING APPROX 12' IT APPEARS HE LAND ED FACE DOWN ON ROW OF ECOLOGY BLOCKS. FACIAL FRACTURES OF BROW CHEEK & UPPER PALATE AS WELL AS LEFT FEMUR RESULTED.
HE HAD JUST COMPLETED A SMALL QUARRY SHOT (BLAST) AND WAS EXAMINING THE ROCK QUALITY BY WALKING THROUGH THE BLAST AREA. BLUE CLAY HAD OVERLAID THE ROCK AND A BIT OF MOISTURE MIXED WITH THIS CL AY CREATED A HAZARDOUS SURFACE (SLIPPERY). HE SLIPPED ON A ROCK AND IN CATCHING HIMSELF FROM THE FALL, GRABBED A HOLD OF A JAGGED, SHARP EDGE OF OUR BASALT ROCK, SLICING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FING
EMPLOYEE I,NAME3WAS UNPLUGGING A CONVEYOR SYSTEM MOVING 4"X8" ROCK- AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB, SOME OF THE 4"X3" ROCK WAS ON THE GROUND, I,NAME TRIPPED OVER A ROCK AND FELL ON ANOTHER, NOT REAL LY KNOWING HE H5D CUT HIS LEG-LATER HE REPORTED TO A MEDICAL CENTER FOR ASSISTANCE. INJURY WAS 2CM LACERATION TO FIBIA ON RIGHT LOWER LEG.
EMP WAS ON THE TRACKS OF A HITACHI EXCAVATOR IN NORMAL COARSE OF FUELING AND OILING AND SLIPPED FROM WET TRACK SURGACE AND FELT TO GROUND HITTING TAILBONE THE TEMP WAS MID 30 AND DARK CADMAN ROCK HAD SCHEDULED A CHRISTMAS PARTY AT 7 PM THAT EVENING