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July 26, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
A H Smith Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DIGGING ROCKS OUT OF HOLE WITH LOADER WHEN A BOULDER HANGING FROM THE SIDE OF MINE WALL DISLODGED AND FELL ON THE LOADER.

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