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Employee had parked a Cat 938 at the service dock for service. He decided to clean his front glass & stepped out onto the top of the wheel fender. As he finished, he grabbed the top of the light housing on the fender & it broke. He jumped to the ground when he lost his balance. Originally a knee sprain. Did not miss work until 7/7/10 for arthoscopic surgery

Employee stated that he was mounting his Cat-777 end dump using the factory steps and hand rails. As he was reaching for the hand rail beneath the window of the cab (while standing on the 3" wide step) he lost his balance, spun around, and fell to the frozen ground.

After the completion of the investigation on April 10, 2007, it was determined that I was responsible for reporting the injury. Another vendor (salesman) was walking through the prep plant on the third floor where my employees where working and had removed a piece of grading to conduct some repairs on a I-beam and EE stepped into the hole.

EMPLOYEE IS STATING HE WAS STEPPING BACK FROM FUELING A DOZER TO THE CONTAINMENT STRUCTURE AROUND A DIESEL FUEL TANK. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND STEPPED DOWN TO A PLATFORM (APPROX 2') PUTTING HIS WEIGHT ON ONE LEG. THIS ACTION CAUSED AN INFLAMATION TO THE OSTEOARTHRITIC CONDITION OF HIS LUMBOSACRAL SPINE THAT HAS EXISTED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

EMPLOYEE IS STATING THAT HE WAS HELPING CHANGE HYDRAULIC LINE ON THE SHOVEL BOOM. HE IS STATING THAT HE SLIPPED ON BOOM STEPS & CAUGHT HIMSELF BY GRABBING A BANK OF HYDRAULIC HOSES & WRENCHED HIS RT. SHOULDER. EE IS STATING HE WORKED THE REST OF HIS SHIFT & PART OF THE NEXT SHIFT ON 8/3/04, HE THEN FELT HIS SHOULDER "POP" ON 8/3/04.

HE WAS GETTING INTO BULK TRUCK & FOOT SLIPPED ON FUEL TANK, HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON FUEL TANK.

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO THE BACK BUMPER OF SERVICE TRUCK. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO THE WASTE OIL BARRELL CUTTING HIS ARM.