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May 19, 2017 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
California Rock Crusher Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

After completing pre-trip, miner was walking to a second truck and suffered a seizure and fell on ground knocking off hard hat. Employee convulsed and hit their head on gravel ground, receiving scrapes and cuts to head and shoulder.

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