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AS EE WAS PULLING ON A HEADLINE ROPE, HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION AND FELT LIKE SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS LEFT ELBOW AND DOWN INSIDE OF LEFT FOREARM.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON CUTTERHEAD OF GRAVEL DREDGE. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE DREDGE BY WALKIN GDOWN THE EDGE OF LADDER TOTHE LOWEST POINT WHERE HE WOULD JUMP TO THE GROUND. HIS LEFT FO OT SLIPPED ON SOME MUD WHICH WAS ON TEH LADDERAND CAUGHT UNDER A HYDRAULIC HOSE WHICH RAN ACROSS THE LADDER. HE FELL HITTIN GLEFT HIP AND CALF ON THE LADDER AND WAS HANGING IN MID AIR BY HIS
INJURED AND OTHER EMPLOYEE LIFTED CROSSTIE. THEYPUT IT DOWN ON THE GROUND, AND PUSHED IT OVER TO GET IT IN PLACE. INJURED STRAINED OR PULLED STOMACH MUSCLE. DOCTOR DIAGNOSED EPIGASTRIC HERN IA WHICH MUST BE REPAIRED. THE CROSSTIES WERE THE BASE FOR LAND CONVEYOR.
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF 3/4' PLATE TO STAND IT ON ONE EDGE.WHEN HE GRABBED THE PLATE AND WENT TO PICK IT UP ON IT HE PULLED HISBACK AND EMPLOYEE LET IT GO.
EMPLOYEE WENT T2 A CLOSED PLANT TO PICK UP SOME MATERIAL. HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER WELDER CARRY A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A SHOVEL, THE HANDLE FLIPPED UP AND HIT INJURED EMPLOYE9 IN THE SCROTUM.
EMPL CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF PLANT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED.
STEPPED DOWN FROM DOZER SHARP PAIN IN BACK ACUTE LOWER BACK SPRAIN
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON DRAGLINE AND STEPPED OFF ON THE TRACKS SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE