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May 5, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Riverbend Construction Materials LLC · Fall from piled material

The employee was walking down the muck pile from the excavator when a large rock rolled down and pinched his leg against another large rock. He fell, the result being a chipped bone in his right ankle.

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