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CRUSHER LABORER JUMPED OFF A PILE OF DIRT & STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE THOUGHT HE WOULD BE ALRIGHT SO HE DIDN'T REPORT THE INCIDENT. HIS KNEE CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM SO HE WENT TO THE DR TO H AVE IT CHECKED.
EMPLOYEE WHILE PULLING CABLE, STEPPED ON SOFT DIRT CAUSING A KNEE STRAIN. LATER EXAMINATION REVEALED A TORN ACL WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY.
EE WAS WELDING W/ARCH WELDER HE STOPPED WELDING, RAISED HOOD AND BEGAN PRYING ON PLAT S/PRY BAR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED, STRIKING EE IN EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE PROVIDED TO EE PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.
AS EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A FEED BELT, HE MISSED HIS FOOTING AND FELL. EE FELL AGAINST A SUPPORT BEAM STRIKING HIS LOWER BACK. *IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT EE DID NOT REPORT THIS ACCIDENT TO TH E EMPLOYER UNTI 7-31-00.