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EMPLOYEE PREPARED TO GET OFF LOCOMOTIVE, ON THE WATER DITCH SIDE. HE STEPPED INTO THE DITCH. HE DID NOT REALIZE HOW DEEP DITCH WAS. HE PUT EXTRAWEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT KNEE, AND FELT PAIN. HAVING KNEE PROBLEMS IN THE PAST HE DID NOT REPORT THISUNTIL LATER. DOCTOR ADMINISTERED MRI TESTING ON 03/03/99. DOCTOR INFORMED EMPLOYEE THAT HE TORE HIS KNEE CARTILAGE. SURGERY WILL BE REQUIRED.
INJ MAN HAD FINISHED UNLOADING CHAIN LINK FENCE OFF TRUCK WENT TO GET OFF TRUCK & TRIPPED OVER WENCH CABLE FELL APPROX 4 FT THE TO THE FLOOR MAN HAD CUTS TO LIPS & RIGHT KNEE, ALSO LEFT WRI ST WAS SWELLING. TREATED CUTS & BRUISE & SENT HIM IN FOR XRAY OF WRIST. XRAY SHOWS CRACK BONES ABOVE WRIST
STEPPED OFF HAUL TRUCK AND HURT ANKLE.
HE WAS READYING THE AREA AT THE FACE FOR BOLTING. HE WAS CARRYING A G.D. 63 JACKLEY TO THE AREA, SLIPPED AND FELL. HURT RIGHT KNEE BADLY - HAD TO BE OPERATED ON AS SOON AS IN HOSPITAL
CLIMBING STEEL LADDER ON CONCRETE BATCH PLANT. SLIPPED ON RUNG OF LADDER CASUING PULLED USCLE IN LOWER BACK AREA.
LIFTING AND CARRYING TOWER BAR SCALER ON 2 LEVEL SLIPPED AND PULLED BACK.