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March 31, 2025 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daanen & Janssen Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was descending from the Superior Guardian Tandem 7203 Screen Plant (Unit #273) using the ladder when EE felt a large pain in EE's left knee and it locked up. EE continued working until around 10 a.m. when EE decided EE needed to have it checked out. Per the doctor EE sprained EE's left knee from planting wrong while descending from the Screen Plant.

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