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EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING OFF LADDER ON DEISTER TABLE LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE FELL 8-10FT.TO FLOOR EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT OAK HILL H OSPITAL HE RECEIVED FIV E STITCHES TO HIS HEAD & FIVE STITCHES TO HIS KNEE
A METAL STRIP HOLDING THE RUBBER CROSSING ONTO THE SCALES FOR TRUCK CROSSING WAS LOOSE AND STICKING UP WHILE WALKING BACK TO SCALE THAT TOES WENT UNDER METAL STRIPPING CAUSING TRIPPING AND FAL LING ONTO SCALES.
OPERATOR HAD PARKED DUMP TRUCK AND BEGAN TO CHECK OIL IN ENGINE. HE CLIMBED ON TO HOOD OF TRUCK TOW ALK AROUND ON HOOD AREA TO CHECK OIL WHEN HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND APPROS 10 FT. TRUCK WAS AT INCLINE AND HAND RAILS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION FOR USE. HE STRUCK THE GROUND HITTING HEAD AND LANDING ON KNEES AND ELBOWS