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EMPLOYEE HAD FI3ISHED FUELING MOTOR GRADER AND WAS DISMOUNTING WHEN HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 3 FEET TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND BRUISEDIT.
EMP WAS WALKING3DOWN A SLIPED GRASS SNOW COVEREDEMBANKMENT TO CHECK A SEDIMENTATION POND. HIS RT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HE WAS NOT WEARING O OVERSHOES, JUST3SMOOTH BOTTOM BOOOTS
EMPLOYEE PUT ON3THE CLIMBING HOOKS TO CLIMB A WOOD POWER CABLE ARCH POLE TO PUT THE STEEL CABLE BACK INTO THE SHEAVE. ON HIS WAY DOWN THE POLE ABOUT 15 FT FROM THE BOTTOM ONE OF HIS SPIKES LET GO FROM THE PO5E AND HE SLID IN HIS SAFETY BERLXXX BELT. THE POLE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION AND ALSO WERE HIS SPIKES.
EMP HAD WELDING3HOOD PART WAY DOWN OVER HIS FACE AND STEPPED OVER TO PICK UP AN AIR ARC AND STEPPED INTO AN INSPECTION HOLE IN THE TUB OF THE DRAGLINE ANOTHER EMP HAD REMOVED THE COVER FROM THE HOLE AND HE3DID NOT SEE THE HOLE
CARRYING A CAR 8OOR INTO BOX CAR WHICH HAD A STEEL FLOOR & LITE SNOW ON IT SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR & SCRAPED MY SHIN ON DOORWAY-RIGHT SHIN BONE 6" LONG AREA THAR SKIN WAS SCRAPED BUSTED BLOOD VI EN. 3
AT END OF THE SHIFT EMP DISMOUNTED FROM THE DOZER, EMP JUMPED FROM, THE DOZER ARM A DISTANCE OF 3 FEET TO THE GROUND, RATHER THAN USING HAND HOLDS AND STEPPI NG OFF THE DOZER ARM
RETURNING TO SHOP FOR MOON BRE A K STEPPED ON PATCH OF ICE AND SPRAINED ANKLE
LIFTING POWER CABLE TO BE LOADED ONTO REEL TRUCK WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED IN THE SNOW-COVERED GROUND CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO GROUND.HE WAS WEARING GOOD OVERSHOES.
I.NAME WAS WALKING ACROSS AN EMPTY STALL IN THE SHOP TO CLOSE AN OVERHEAD DOOR WHEN HE FELL ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR NO TRIPPING HAZARDS WERE FOUND TO CAUSE HIM TO FALL
EMPLOYEE HAD UNHOOKED A PORTABLE LIGHT PLANT FROM THE HITCH ON A PICKUP AND WAS MOVING IT TO A FINAL POSITION AND ONE WHEEL WAS SETTING ON A DIRT CHUNK AND IT ROLLED OFF THECHUNK THROWING HIM OFF BALANCE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A MOTOR GRADER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AND MISSED THE SECOND STEP OF THREE AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND LANDED ON MOWBOARD OF THE GRADER. EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD HOLD OF HAND RAILS BUT MISJUDGED HIS STEP.
EE WAS UNTANGLING A ROPE FORM AROUND A DISCHARGE HOSE ON A WATER PUMP. HE WAS STANING IN ABOUT 1" OF WATER ON TH E CLAY & HIS FOOT SLIPPED & FELL ON HIS RT KNEE.
EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN OUT A PIN FROM THE POWER STEP TO HAVE A KEEPER WELDED ON THE PIN. UPON INSTALLING THE ARM THE STEP MOVED AND THE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 8\ TO THE GROUND. THIS S TEP WAS ON A CAT DOZER D9L.
SLIPPED AND FELL ON GUARD RAIL PIPE WHEN GREASING DRAGLINE
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING ON THE DRAGLINE ROLLERS AND JUMPED UP ONTO THE TUB AND STRUCK HIS KNEE ON A SHAFT STICKING OUT FROM A ROLLER.