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EE HAD JUST COMPLETED CLEANING OUT BUILD-UP FROM THE DISCHARGE CHUTE IN THE PELLETIZING DISC. HE WAS EXITING THE WORK PLATFORM WHICH REQUIRED CLIMBING OVER A HANDRAIL TO GET TO THE NEXT WALKWA Y. EE HAD TO STEP UP 16" AND ACROSS A 16" SPACE. WHEN HE STEPPED UP TO THE HANDRAIL, HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 38" TO THE NEXT WALKWAY.

WHILE CLEANING UP A SCRAPYARD AREA, A HYDRAULIC CRANE BEING USED WAS SET UP WITH LITTLE ROOM BETWEEN THE EXTENDED OUTRIGGER AND SOME SCRAP METAL. EMPLOYEE CROSSED OVER THE OUTRIGGER (APPROX 3 1/2') AND WHEN HE CONTACTED THE GROUND HE LANDEDIN SUCH A WAY THAT HE TWISTED HIS KNEE CAUSING SEVERE PAIN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE.

2 MAINTENANCE MEN WERE TRYING TO FREE A JAMMED SCREW CONVEYOR WITH A PIPE WRENCH, THE SCREW CONVEYOR & BELT CONVEYOR ON WHICH THEY WERE STANDINGWERE LOCKED OUT, THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED ALLOWIN G ONE MAN TO FALL BACKWARDS OFF THE CONVEYOR HITTING THE FROZEN GROUND RESULTING IN A FRACTURED RIGHT ARM [HUMERUS]

HARD RAINS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT HAD GOTTON OUT PLANT FLOOR WET IN PLACES, EMPLOYEE STEPPED IN A WET AREA AND SLIPPED. HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HIS KNEE BEGAN TO SW ELL SLIGHTLY.

THE INJURED WAS3PERFORMING HIS ECONDARY JOB OF FUELING ALL QUARRY EQUIPMENT.HE STEPPED FROM THE RUNNING BOARD OF HIS FUEL TRUCK THINKING THE GROUND WAS FROZEN SOLID,BUT THE GROUND WAS MUDDY.HI S RIGHT FOOT SU3K,CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING AND TWIST HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING DOWN STEPS LEADING FROM THE BAGGING MACHINE, HE SLIPPED AND HIS FOOT WENT BACK BETWEEN TWO STEPS, HE FELL TO THE FLOOR WITH HIS FOOT LODGED BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FORTH STE PS FROM THE BOT7OM.