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EMPL CRAWLING AROUND ON TOP OF DECK SUPPORT FRAME OF COAL VIBRATOR SCREEN,PUT EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON RIGHT KNEE CAP AREA AND STARTED EXPERIENCING PAIN & SWELLING.DAMAGED CARTILAGE.
HE WAS CRAWLING THROUGH BULKHEAD OPENINGS IN TH E TUB OF THE DRAGLINE. HE STRUCK HIS LEFT LEG ON A PEICE OF ANGLE IRON WELDED ON THE WALL CUTTING HIS LEG. LACERATION TO LOWER LEFT LEG REQUIR ING 3 SUTURES.
EMPLOYEE STATES: WAS CHANGING MOTOR BRUSHES ON DRAGLINE. HAD TO KNEEL TO REACH SOME OF BRUSHES. AFTER SHIFT EMPLOYEE NOTICES SWELLING TO LEFT KNEE. HAD TO HAVE FLUID REMOVED FROM KNEE.
WAS WALKING ALO3G BELTLINE TO SAMPLE HOUSE. AS SHE STEPPED INTO HOUSE SHE HEARD A NOISE & AS SHE TURNED TO CHECK NOISE, WHILE STILL WALKING, SHE STEPPED ON A WELDING ROD LYING ON METAL FLOO R THAT ROLLED U3DER HER FOOT CAUSING HER TO LOOSE HER BALANCE FALL & S TRIKE HER RT ELBOW ON THE FLOOR FRACTURING SAME & STRIKING HEAD ON EITHER METAL TOE BOARD OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER CASUING
WALKING ACROSS 5EVEL DRILL BENCH. STEPPED ON SMALL ROCK WITH LEFT FOOT. FOOT SLIPPED OFF SIDE OF ROCK TWISTING ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE STATED3WALKING ON CATWALK AROUND CAB OF 992-C END LOADER STEPPED ON WASHER LYING ON WALKWAY SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING RT KNEE ON HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY SOFT TISSUE INJURY TO RIGHT KNEE
EMPLOYEE STATES; WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT BETWEEN BATHHOUSE AND REPAIR SHOP. STEPPED ON A LOOSE ROCK, LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL. LACERATION ABOVE LEFT EYE. ABRASIONS TO LEFT CHEEK AND FORE HEAD, BRUISE TO UPPER THIGH ON LEFT LEG.