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Trying to realign grizzly retainer rod, reaching to rehitch cable the excavator bucket suddenly dropped startling the employee, he fell sideways off unit initially 4-5 feet onto a concrete block that broke two ribs and a "small puncture to his lung".

Operator went to turn and step off the track of the machine and slipped and fell 3 feet to the ground, severely dislocating his left ankle. It was a dry sunny morning, the tracks were dry, the ground was soft as it was freshly excavated topsoil/overburden.