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EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF WET PUSH ARM OF DOZER AND LANDING ON GROUND ON HIS LEFT LEG TWISTING HIS KNEE.
THE DRILLER WAS WALKING ACROSS THE DRILLB ENCHA DN ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED INTO A SMALL HOLE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED BECAUSE HE WAS NOT WATCHING WHERE HE WAS WALKING. WHEN HE STEPPED INTO THE HO LE HE PULLED HIS BACK CAUSING DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK.
INJ CLIMBING UP ON DOZER PUSH ARM,LOST FOOTING AND FELL.FELL STRAIGHT DOWN AWAY FROM DOZER AND LANDED ON HIS FEET.THE SHOCK FROM THE FALL CAUSED CALF OF LEFT LEG TO GO NUMB.
TRIP OVER PIECE OF METAL WHILE CARRYING A PIECE OF METAL HIS VIEW WAS OBSCURBED RESULTING IN TRIPPING OVER A PIECE OF SHARP METAL.
ON MONDAY OCT 22 AT 6 AM THE DOZER OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB ONTO THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HE OPERATES. IT HAD RAINED IN THE EARLY AM HOURS CAUSING MUD TO STACK UP ON THE PUSH ARM OF THE DOZER . WHEN THE OPERATOR STEPPED ON THE MUD HE LOST HIS FOOTING FALLING APPROX. 2 FEET TO THE GROUND. LANDING ON HIS FEET AND HANDS HE TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING SOME DISCOMFORT. BY THE END OF THE S