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EE WAS DISMOUNTING A SKID LOADER. HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE. HE WAS JUST FINISHING HIS SHIFT, ON HIS WAY TO THE CRUSHER OFFICE TO CHECK OUT. THE SUN WAS ALMOST UP.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING V-BELT ON DRIVE MOTOR TO CRUSHER. SLIPPED ON MOTOR LANDING, AS HE CAUGHT HIS BALANCE HE SLIGHTLY STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT BELTING WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER. HE SUSTAINED 9 STITCHES IN FINGER.
EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING DOZER. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE D-10 DOZER. HE SAYS HE WAS USING THE 3-PT. CLIMBING TECHNIQUE. HE JUST LOST HIS BALANCE WHEN HE REACHED THE GROUND LEVEL. THE GROUND SURFACE WAS FLAT AND SMOOTH.
WAS OPERATING A ROCK BREAKER ON A TRACK HOE. A PIECE OF FLYING ROCK HIT HIM IN THE R EYE. OPERATOR WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
WHILE LOADING CUTTING EDGES INTO LOADER BUCKET, EE TWISTE AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS LLIFTING, INJURING LOWER BACK. HE WAS STANDING ON GROUND LEVEL LIFTING CUTTING EDGES & PUTTING THEM INTO THE B UCKET OF A LOADER.