IT WAS WET & HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY SO HE SLIPPED ON HIS WAY DOWN FROM THE EQUIPMENT & LANDED ON HIS LEG WRONG.
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Showing all 4THERE WAS DIESEL FUMES LEAK FROM FUEL LINE. THE EE OPERATED THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ALL BEFORE SAYING ANYTHING.
WHEN GETTING OUT OF A CAT 235 EXCAVATOR, EE STEPPED ON TRACKS AND SLIPPED FROM THE WETNESS. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BY REACHING HIS RIGHT ARM OVER HIS HEAD AND GRABBING THE MACHINE. THIS PULLED THE TENDONS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
EE WAS GRINDING ON A LOADER BUCKET WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AND A PIECE OF METAL GOT IN HIS EYE. HE HAD IT TAKEN OUT AND SEEMS OK.