Crushing concrete recycle. Concrete had long lengths of rebar and the rebar needed to be removed before entering the jaw crusher. Employee was standing on the catwalk and was struck by a 20 ft. long piece of rebar as it fell into the jaw crusher. Contusion to right hip and thigh.
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Driver climbed onto rear end of belly dump trailer, while walking on platform on left hand side of trailer, he tripped over the crossover bar and fell face first into an opening on the trailer frame. (This opening is manufacturer made to allow access to mechanical parts.) Driver suffered multiple contusions to back, chest and neck.
Employee was coming down ladder from loader & as he approached the last step, he noticed a 2'square slab of rock on the ground & decided to use that rock as another step from the loader ladder. As he put his foot on the rock, the rock surface was slippery due to mud/clay & his foot slipped off. He caught himself from falling, but therefore strained his lower back.