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EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE SCREENS ON AN A.C. SCREEN: WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE SCREEN ONTO THE CONVEYOR BELT WET WITH MUD HE SLIPPED & LOST HIS BALANCE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS ARM ON THE BEL T FRAME WHICH BROKE HIS ARM JUST ABOVE THE WRIST. EQUIPMENT WAS LOCKED OUT WHILE MAINTENANCE WAS BEING PERFORMED.
EE HAD BURN WORKING ON A STALLED CONVEYOR HE WAS CLIMBING OFF THE CONVEYOR TO GO UNLOCK THE BELT THE RAIL WAS WET WITH WATER HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM.
55061S WORKING ON A STARTER ON A LOADER AS HE WAS RAISING UP TO DESEND FROM THE LOADER HE LOST HIS BALANCE GRABBED FOR THE HANDRAIL AND MISSED IT FALLING TO THE GROUND ON HIS BACK. THE PAIN DI 45302TART TILL THE NEXT MORNING.
INJURED WAS HELPING THE WELDER RELINE A HOPPER.HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING OF THE SIDES WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO SLIDE DOWN THE HOPPER ABOUT 3 FEET STRIKING HIS ARM.
EE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER UP TO HIS LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LOST HIS GRIP WITH HIS HANDS CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND TO HIT SOME PART OF THE LOADER AND CUT THE BACK OF IT FAILRY DEEPLY.
EE HAD BEEN REPAIRING THE ENGINE OF THE HAUL TRUCK. HE WAS CARRYING OIL IN A FIRST GALLON CAN OF OIL TO PUT IN THE ENGINE. HE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE ENGINE AND SLIPPED WITH THE OIL TWISTING HI S BACK.
EE HAD BEEN GREASING HIS HAUL TRUCK THE TEMP WAS 23 DEGREE HIS HANDS WERE COLD THRU WAS FROST ON THE STEPS OF THE LADDER HE SAID WHEN HE GOT TO THE SECOND STEP AND WENT TO GRAB THE HAND HOLD H E FELT HIMSELF SLIP AND FALL BACKWARDS.
EE WAS DISMOUNTING THE GRADER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE WET STIP AND HIT HIS ELBOW ON THE DOOR OF THE GRADER.
EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING END DUMP WHEN BOTTOM STEP BROKE CAUSING TORN CARTLIDGE IN RIGHT KNEE.
I,NAME WAS WORKING ON INSTALLING WIRES IN THE ELECTRIC TRAILER. EXITED THE REAR OF THE TRAILER AND LANDED ON AN EMPTY SPOOL OF WIRE AND BRUISED HIP. NO RESTRICTED DUTY, JUST A 1/2 DAYS AWAY FR OM WORK TO REST.
ERECTING A CRUSHER BASE AND FEEDER EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING PIECE OF METALS THE METAL GOT IN BIND AND EMPLOYEE LOST BALANCE FELL TO GROUND LANDED ON REAR BRUISED LEFT HIP.
MECHANIC WORKING ON PORTABLE POWER UNIT. SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE UNIT, CAUSING MAN TO R E CH OUT WITH RT. HAND TO CATCH HIMSELF. CUT MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS OF RT. HAND.