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May 16, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Becker Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE OBERHANGING ROCK FROM PITWALL BY DROPPING BOULDER WITH A CAT 24 SHOVEL-COMPLETED TASK AND WAS RETURNING TO PIT WHEN WALL SECTION COLLAPSED-MACHINE SLID INTO PIT-EMPLOYEE WAS EITHER THROWN OR FELL OUT OF MACHINE - SOME PART OF MACCHINE MASHED RIGHT LEG (BELOW KNEE) BADLY- HAD TO BE AMPUTATED BELOW KNEE. LEFT ARM CUT & MASHED & TORN MUSCLE.

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