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June 29, 2019 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Gerken Materials Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was operating the dragline and turned to dump bucket and felt machine tilt towards water and panicked and jumped off on to ground and twisted left knee. Dragline did partially go into water on one side.

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