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On November 20, 2018 employee was changing the hydraulic fluid on the Komatsu WA 450-6 loader. EE was standing on the rear fender. EE slipped off the fender when EE backed up too far and wasn't paying attention. EE landed on feet, jarring lower back.
Walking across Loose material (ROCK). Lost balance and fell. Landed on palm of right hand.
Employee was feeding the jaw crusher with rock from the stockpile. When employee was backing away from the stockpile with a bucket load of rock a large rock rolled down the stockpile and hit the left corner of the 966k Caterpillar front end loader. This caused employee to be jarred and lower back was injured.
EE was running the komatsu 450 front end loader feeding the portable plant. EE went over a bump in the road and it shot pain down his back and into his legs. EE then called another ee to let him know what had happened. After talking with ee over the phone another ee had him seen at Urgent Care