EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING 540 ENDLOADER.HE HAD HIS LEFT FOOT ON GROUND AND WAS HOLDING TO LADDER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED THROUGH THE BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER.HE LOST HIS GRIP,FA LLING BACKWARDS ONTO GROUND.HIS LEFT LEG TWISTEDWHILEFALLING ALLOWING MOST OF IMPACT IN HIS LEFT HIP/BACK AREA.HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK.NOTE EMPLOYEE HAS ONE ARM(R
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Showing all 3EMPL CLEANING RAILCARS.REMOVING RAIN PONCHO WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF CAR.LOST BALANCE AND FELL BETWEEN CARS STRIKING HEAD ON COUPLER AND LANDING ON RAIL.HE HAD LACERATION BEHIND LEFT EAR AND 3 FX RIBS ON LEFT SIDE.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 540 END LOADER LIFTARMS. HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY CAUSING HIM TO SLIP. HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT LOWER LEG STRIKING HIS KNEECAP & SHIN BONE. HE BRUISED HIS KNEE & SHIN WITH SL IGHT ABRASIONS.