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Heavy rain when the operator was climbling onto the loader. WHen his foot slipped causing him to fall 6ft to the ground breaking his left leg.
While standing on a 5' step ladder, ladder tilted to the right causing employee to strike the ground with his right shoulder.
A 14' camper trailer used as a guard shack. Employee was using a propane cook stove to prepare a meal and apparently fell asleep. The trailer caught fire. He escaped trailer but suffered severe burns to hands, arms and neck and minor burns to his face.
Operator was mounting rear of front end loader when he lost his grip and fell about 2 1/2 feet onto his lunch bucket breaking his left collar bone and 3 ribs.
Contractor did not adequately block the rock truck bed from motion.The bed had been blocked with two crib blocks on top of each other on 4 corners. The blocks were installed parallel with the front and back of the bed. On the 2nd swing of the sledge hamer, the bed fell 6" off the top crib blocks, injuring the contractor installing the bushing.