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WHILE EXITING ROCK TRUCK EMPLOYEE LOST GRIP WITH LEFT HAND WHILE RIGHT HAND WAS MOVING DOWN TO NEXT HAND RAIL. THIS CAUSED EMPLOYEE TO LOSE BALANCE AND FALL TO GROUND. EMPLOYEE LANDED ON LEFT SHOULDER.
When exiting water truck, twisted right knee.
Employee was turning on the water on the wet screen. As he turned to leave the wet screen he hit his head on a ladder causing him to fall. The fall broke his leg in two places. An ambulance was called and transported him to the emergency room at Stringfellow Hospitol in Anniston, Alabama. Employee is scheduled for surgery later today.
MAN WAS HELPING WITH REPAIRS TO CONE CRUSHER ANDHE JUST DID NOT WATCH WHAT HE WAS DOING AND STEPPED BACKWARDS FROM THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER AND STEPPED RIGHT OFF THE MAIN FRAME OF THE CRUSHER A ND FELL OFF TO THE CONCRETE PAD UNDER THE CRUSHER. HE FELL 6 1/2 FEET.