Employee was weed-eating near the scrap metal storage area. EE tripped and cut EE's right palm on an aluminum truck fender. The laceration was sutured closed.
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Showing all 5Employee was performing maintenance on a front wheel loader engine bay. EE lost balance and fell ~4ft to the shop floor. EE's right ring finger was dislocated and the Sacrum bone was cracked.
Employee lost balance in the mud stepping off the ladder of a Articulated Haul Truck and strained Right Knee.
Employee was greasing excavator boom and slipped on the tracks. Employee hit employee's head on the tracks/ground and received a concussion.
The mechanic was under the bulldozer looking for an oil leak. He then tried to get out from between the blade and the machine. His left foot slipped off the track. He landed on uneven ground breaking his left leg.