Employee suffered a neck strain requiring 3 days of restricted duty when the rear bumper of the employee's front end loader struck the ground while reversing. This was due to the employee operating in an unauthorized area next to a ramp in a manner in which the employee could not control the loader.
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Showing all 6Employee was attempting to remove a guard from a portable cone crusher in order to clean the area with a skidsteer and injured their neck. This was a re-aggravation of an injury originally received in a car crash years prior. Employee was placed on restricted duty until 3/6/23 when they underwent surgery to repair the damages.
Paddling aluminum boat to retrieve wooden boat, the boats collided and employee fell off of the aluminum onto the wooden boat. Employee has multiple contusions to the left side of body.
Employee was on the dredge cutting a cable when he realized the did not have his hammer. While retrieving his hammer he tripped over a lifting eye that was mounted to the floor of the dredge, falling against the cab injuring his left shoulder.
WHILE HANGING A ROOT RAKE ON A DOZER, EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ONE PIN IN WITH ANOTHER PIN SMASHING HIS RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO PINS, SPLITTING IT OPEN.
Employee was descending stone pile to measure face, slipped on loose outer stone and slid to ground, catching his weight with his left hand, causing pain to his left shoulder.