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EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER BACKED INTO THE HIGHWALL & WAS JARRED AROUND CAUSING HIS BACK TOHURT HE SAID HE HAD SURGERY IN 1986 FOR A RUPTURED DISC
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE LOADER, MISSED THE LAST STEP, SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS RIGHT LEG.
EMPLOYEE HAD COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN FOR 1 1/2 MOS. AT DIFFERENT TIMES. BACK STARTED HURTING 9/25, WENT TO DOCTOR, WHO SAID IT WAS MUSCLE SPASMS. DAYS LATER HAD AN MRI RUN AND WAS DIAGNOSED WI TH SLIPPED DISC.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A DOZER, WHEN A ROCK GOT ON THE K-FRAME ON THE BACK OF THE BLADE. HE PULLED THE ROCK OFF AND HURT HIS BACK.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO PUT OFF A SHOT. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE POWDER BULK TRUCK. HE TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING AN OFF ROAD DUMP TRUCK. HWILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER ON THE TRUCK HE SLIPPED AND FELL.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING FUEL IN A LOADER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LADDER OF THE LOADER, CAUSING THE HOSE TO BE JERKED OUT OF THE FUEL TANK AND SPRAY DIESEL FUEL INTO HIS FACE EYES.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A D-65P DOZER AND BACKED OVER A RIDGE OF DIRT APPROX. 2' HIGH. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE OPERATOR TO BE JARRED AROUND WHEN THE DOZER SET DOWN, THEREFORE HURTING HIS BACK .
THE EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING THE DRILL. HE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB OF THE DRILL ON HIS LEFT FOOT, TURNED ANKLE, FELL TO THE GROUND.