EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER, HAD A JUG OF WATER SITTING ON TOP OF FUEL TANK. HE WAS STANDING ON BOTOM STEP HOLDING TOP STEP WITH RIGHT HAND. GRABBED WATER JUG IN LEFT HAND AND LOST BALANCE , FALLING AROUND TO THE RIGHT. HIS WEIGHT PULLEDHAND AGAINST RAIL AND INJURED HAND. EMPLOYEE WAS TOO SHORT TO REACH JUG FROM GROUND SO HE CLIMBED LOADER STEPS. HE FRACTURED ULNA/USING SPLINT.
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EE LOST FOOTING AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN CONE CRUSHER AND CAT WALK INJURING LEFT SHIN.
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF A EUCLID TRUCK AND LOST HIS FOOTING & HIT LEFT KNEE ON VEHICLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A SHOUT THAT EMPTYS ON CONVEYOR BELT & STEPPED DOWN TO GROUND & TURNED HIS RT ANKLE
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF TRUCK LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEPS OF TRUCK & HE INJURED LEFT KNEE
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A BOLT FROM REAR OF PICK-UP. HE WAS LEANING AGAINST TAILGATE, LOST FOOTING AND HIT LEFT SIDE OF PICK-UP, HURTING HIS RIBS.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON 5 X 16 EL-JAY SCREEN AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING. WHEN EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE ALL OF HIS WEIGHT CAME DOWN ON HIS LEFT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WASON TOP OF SCREEN TO REMOVE A ROCK, HE TRIPPED AND FELL BETWEEN BRACE OF MOTOR AND BELT GUARD WITH ALL HIS WEIGHT LANDING ON RIGHT ELBOW (EQUIPMENT WASNOT IN OPERATION).