Climbed down from control tower / jaw button house to retrieve some loose metal from the magnet. It had been sprinking rain, and foot slipped on wet surface. When reaching, lost balance, tried to catch fall with right arm which jerked from body weight and caused some sort of dislocation.
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Showing all 4While taking break from operating the excavator, he saw a truck tailgate open and decided to close it for the truck driver. This is not part of his job description.
WHILE DUMPING QUARRY ROCK AT STOCKPILE ON LOWER LEVEL MATERIAL HUNG UP IN ONE SIDE OF TRUCK BED CAUSING TRUCK BED TO LIST TO PASSENGER SIDE. DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO PUT BOX DOWN BUT RAM WAS IN A B IND & CONTINUED UP CREATING MORE LIST & CAUSING LOWER PIN ON RAM TO BREAK & OVERTURN BED. THE TRUCK CAB DID NOT TURN ONTO ITS SIDE ONLY THE TRUCK BED. EE BANGED HIS ELBOW ON THE PTO COLUMN CR
THERE IS NO EXCLAMATION TO EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. EE RECEIVED A CONCUSSION AND FRACTURES TO ORBITAL FACIAL BONES.