The employee was dismounting the excavator, when he stepped from the machine to the dirt landing, he felt his right leg give way, and fell to the ground.
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Showing all 5Preparing a hyd hose for fitting when the knife slipped resulting in a cut to the left thumb.
EE was climbing up on our drill when he stretched his leg up on the ladder he heard and felt something in his leg pop.
EE was using a slate bar to tighten up bolts when it slipped and hit him on lip and chin. He had (11) stitches put in his lip and chin.
Employee was stepping onto the beam of the highwall miner and ran into the fork of the forklift. The fork struck him in the top of the head causing a laceration that required 4 staples.