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EE HAD BEEN INSTALLING A TRANSMISSION ON AN END DUMP & WAS GETTING DOWN OFF OF THE TRUCK. HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX 6 FT. HE PUT HIS HANDS OUT TOBREAK THE FALL & HURT HIS LEFT FOREARM. HE WAS T AKEN TO E.R. & A SPLINT WAS PUT ON HIS FOREARM
EE WAS OPERATING A WATER TRUCK NEAR THE AUXILIARY STOCKPILE. HE NOTICED THE STOP ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. HE NOTICED SMOKE AND FIRE COMING THRU THE FLOOR, ACTIVATED THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM FROM THE CAB AND EXITED THE MACHINE. HE WAS SEEN 1/2 CLIMBING, 1/2 JUMPING DOWN THE LADDER ON THE FRONT OF THE CAB AND HE ROLLED ON THE GROUND.
EE WAS MOVING A DOOR IN THE DRAGLINE REVOLVING FRAME. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON AN INSPECTION RING COVER IN THE FLOOR, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND THE DOOR SLIPPED AS HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE BULKHEAD. HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BULKHEAD AND THE DOOR, CUTTING IT. THE LACERATION REQUIRED FIVE STITICHES.