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Employee was servicing a Cat 307 Excavator in the shop. The employee had stepped down from the machine to get a tool and was climbing back up to remove an access cover from the hydraulic tank when hand slipped off the rail and EE fell backwards, injuring left elbow and left shoulder.
EE WAS CLOSING THE DOOR ON THE CAT 245 WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND GRABBED FOR THE HANDRAIL BEHIND THE DOOR WHEN HE GOT HOLD OF THE OPEN SIDE PANEL DOOR. HAVING TWO MOVING DOORS, HE LOST HIS BALANCE COMPLETELY AND FELL TO THE GROUND.