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EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ONTHE DOOR LATCHES OF A D1 0 DOZER & FELL DOWN BETWEEN THE TRACK & THE BLADE ARM INJURING HIS WRIST BACK LEG &SHOULDER
EE HAD BEEN HELPING THE MECHANIC WORK ON THE DOZER AND HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISMOUNT. HE STEPPED OFF THE PUSHARM OF THE DOZER AND WAS TRYING TO STEP ONTO A TRUCK AND HE LOST HIS FOOTING. HE FE LL BETWEEN THE TRUCK AND THE DOZER, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.
MECHANIC WAS TALKING TO DOZER OPERATOR, DISCUSSING REPAIR WORK. T HE DOZER OPERATOR HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE CAB AND THEN HE DECIDED HE NEEDE DHIS JACKET, AND REACHED INSIDE THE DOZER CAB TO GET HIS JACKET OFF THE SEAT THEN HE STEPPED BACKWARD ON THE DOZER AND THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WHERE HE STEPPED. HE FELL OFF THE DOZER AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT. PRESSURE FROM THE FALL CAUSED HIS