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TELEPHONE WIRES PREVIOUSLY TAPED CAME LOSE AND WERE ON THE FLOOR. TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST DOOR FACING.
WHILE GETTING OFF A DOZER, HE SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE HAD FINISHED WORKING ON DOZER AND SLIPPED WHILE GETTING OFF AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
WHILE PULLING AND TUGGING ON A WATER HOSE, EMPLOYEE'S FEET SLIPPED IN MUD, CAUSING HIM TO FALL WHICH DISLOCATED SHOULDER.
FEET SLIPPED IN MUD LANDED ON R HAND JAMMING KNUCKE BORDERLINE FRACT SHOVELING RUCK
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING MOTOR ON CONVEYOR, TURNED TO STEP OFF PLATFORM. HIS PANT'S LEG HUNG ON PLATFORM, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS. PLATFORM IS APPROX. 4' HIGH. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK. DID NOT REALIZE HE WAS HURT TIL THE NEXT DAY 1-13-90 WHEN HIS NECK STARTED HURTING. WENT TO EMERGENCY CARE,NNON,1-15-90. NO TIME MISSED.
HAD DONE MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER, WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM CONTROL BOOTH AND WAS ABOUT 4' FROM GROUND, WHEN FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER. GRABBED LADDER AND WRENCHED LEFT ARM AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STADNING ON FRAMEWORK OF PLATFORM OF AN ALLIS CHALMBERS HYDROCENE CRUSHER. THE PLAFFORM IS APPROX. 5 FT ABOVE AROUND LEVEL HE HAD CLIMBED UP TO OBSERVE ROCK FLOW. RATHER THAN CLIM BING BACK DOWN HE JUMPED DOWN AND UPON LANDING SPRAINED HIS ANKLE. ATTEND PHYSICIAN ADVISED TO BE OFF FOR 3 DAYS SINCE WEEKEND OFF 1 DAY.
HAD BACKED WELD3NG TRUCK UP TO DEEDER OF PRIMARY CRUSHER,WAS DRIZZLING RAIN,CLIMBED ON BACK BUMPER-STEP OFF TRUCK TO TARP THE WELDER.SLIPPED WHILE REACHING OVER TRUCK-SLID SOWN BANK INTO THE F EEDER (ABOUT 120T.)SPRAINED ANKLES WHEN LANDED ON FEETS.WENT AHEAD FINISHED SHIFT.WENT TO DOCTOR NEXT DAY.DOCTOR TOLD NOT TO WORK FOR A WEEK.
WHILE DISMOUNTING HIS BULLDOZER MR SWAFFORD LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE STEPPING ONTO THE CLEAR TRACK FALLING BACKWARD ONTO SUPPORT FRAME FOR BLADE HE BRUISE HIS RIBS WITH ASSOCIATED ABRASIONS FROM HIS BELTLINE TO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER