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EE WAS ON THE GROUND WALKING ALONG SIDE OF SVC. TRUCK, HIS FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN AUTO CRANE CONTROLCABLE, HE TRIPPED, FALLING ON A FROZEN LUMP OF DIRT. HURTING HIS RIBS- MORE HIS LT. SIDE THAN HIS RT.. IT WAS SUNNY, MUDDY ON TOP-GROUND STILLFROZEN.
WHILE HELPING TO REPR. THE FINAL DRIVE ONT HE 245 CAT EXCAVATOR 393 RICH STEPPED FROM THE COUNTER WEIGHT TO THE CATWALK. SLIPPING ON SOME ICE AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE FELL APPROX. 5 FT. LAND ING ON HIS BACK. IT WAS SNOW COVER, SOME ICE ANDFROZEN MUD.
EE & COWORKER FINISHED REPAIRING THE D11N CAT DOZER (MACHINE #546). COWORKER WAS HANDING TOOLS DOWN TO EE TO PUT AWAY IN HIS MECHANIC'S TRUCK. AS EE TURNED TO GO TOWARDS HIS TRUCK, HE LOST HIS FOOTING ON LOOSE ROCK CAUSING A TWISTING MOTION TO HIS BOFDY. HE HAD SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. SITE CONDITIONS WERE DRY, WARM, AND HUMID.
EE WAS STARTING TO SERVICE HIS ASSIGNED MACHINE, A CATERPILLAR 6578 SCRAPER TRACTOR (MACHINE #123). WHILE GOING TO THE OIL SUPPLY (WALKING ON THE GROUND), EE LOST HIS FOOTING (SLIPPED) AND FEL L ONTO THE GROUND INJURING HIS LEFT THIGH, RIGHT SHIN, RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT ARM. SITE CONDITIONS WERE WARM, WET GROUND CONDITIONS.
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHER EE REPAIR LIGHTS ON A D11M BULLDOZER (MACHINE #743) WHILE DISMOUNTING, HE JUMPED FROM THE TRACK, WHEN HE LANDED HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE, SITE CONDITIONS WERE DARK IN THE MID 40S.
EE WAS CLIMBING ONTO HIS ASSIGNED D11N BULLDOZER (MACHINE #545) AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS SHIFT. HE SLIPPED OFF THE STEP ON THE PUSHARM, STRIKING HIS RIBS ON THE TILT CYLINDER. SITE CONDITIONS W ERE SUNNY, MUDDY, MID 30'S.
EE WAS OPERATUNG MACHINE #621 992C LOADER. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT HE WAS EXITING THE MACHINE, SLIPPED ON THE BACK FIRE AND JUMPED ONTO THE BATTERY BOX, BRUISING HIS RIGHT HEEL.SITE CONDITIONS WERE MUDDY AND COOL.
WHILE EXITING THE D11N DOZER MACHINE 597 EE REACHED FOR SUPPORT AND SLIPPED HITTING HIS RIGHT HAND ONT HE DOZER. IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING WHEN IF HAPPENED BUT IT CONTINUED TO SWELL AND CAU SING MORE PAIN. ON 12-1-00 BONE IN HIS RIGHT HAND SITE CONDITIONS WERE COOL AND SUNNY.
INJURED WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE CHANGE OIL IN THE D11N BULLDOZER(MACHINE #573). EE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE MACHINE WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE TRACK BACKWARDS AND FELL TO THE GROUND. SITE CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY AND WARM. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS.
EE WAS HELPING THE MECHANIC PREPARE THE D11N TO WELD THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HARD BAR. EE RAISED THE DOZER UP IN ORDER TO CRIB UP THE TRACK FRAME. WHILE DISMOUNTING THE DOZER CAB, FROM THE LEFT S IDE, EE SLIPPED, FALLING ONTO THE TRACK FRAME, HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE TILT CYLINDER, SUFFERING A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD. THE SITE CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY, TEMP. OF 25 DEGREES, GROUND FROZEN.