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EMPL SAYS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB UP ON COAL AUGER. HE REACHED UP & GRABBED HOSE & LOST HIS GRIP CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS APPROX 5' TO GROUND. EMPL STATED HE THINKS HE STRUCK HIS BAC K ON PONTOON LEG OF AUGER AS HE FELL.
EMPL WAS RECLAIMING WITH A CATERPILLAR D8K DOZER HE SAY HE BACKED THE DOZER OVER THE TOP OF A BOULDER APPROX 3' IN DIAMETER ANDWHEN THE DOZER HIT THE GROUND IT JARRED HIS BACK PULLING MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK
EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING THE FAN BELTS ON A AUGER CARRIAGE ENGINE FOR TIGHTNESS WITH THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. EMPLOYEE SAYS HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND GRABBED THE BELTS AT THE SAME TIME HIS KNEE HIT T HE STARTER BUTT2N ON THE CONTROL PANEL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO TURN OVER JUST ENOUGH TO CATCH HIS FINGERS IN THE FAN PULLEY. THE TIPS OF THE FIRST 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND WERE SEVERED AND CRUSHE
EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING A LOADED COAL TRUCK FOR DEBRIS AND LOOSE BLOCKS ON THE EDGES, AS EMPLOYEE STARTED TO DISMOUNT HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE TOP LADDER OF THE TRUCK BED. THE LADDER STEP BROKE C AUSING EMPLOYEE3TO FALL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO HOOK A DOLLY TO THE HITCH ON THE BACK OF A #12 CAT GRADER WITH A HITCH PIN THE GRADER PULLED FORWARD THE PAN CAUGHT EMPLOEYEES RT HAND AGAINST THE BACK OF THE GRADER
EE WAS STANDING ON THE CATWALK OF THE 769C CAT ROCK TRUCK OBSERVING THE SHOT AT A DISTANCE OF APPROX 700\ FROM THE SHOT. EE WAS STRUCK IN THE LOWER LIP, LOWER ABDOMEN & UPPER LEG AREA BY A R OCK APPROX WEIGHING 2-3 LBS.