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2000–2026
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October 21, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Balkema Excavating Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HE LADDER TO EXIT A FRONT END LOADER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER. HE LOST HIS FOOTING, HITTING HIS LEFT RIBS ON HIS LEFT SIDE ON THE LADDER, AND PARTIALLY TEARIN G HIS RIGHT BICEP MUSCLE WHILE TRYING TO HOLD ON.

October 4, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Balkema Excavating Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING THE PINS ON A FRONT-END LOADER. WHEN HE WAS FINISHED, HE STEPPED BACK, BUT MISSED HIS STEP, FALLING DOWN. HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM, BUT HE CAUGHT IT O N PART OF THE LOADER, AND PULLED HIS SHOULDER OUT OF JOINT.

February 6, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Balkema Excavating Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING IN PARKING LOT, WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE, AND HIT HIS LEFT SHOULDER ON THE GROUND, DISLOCATING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

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