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March 7, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Grove Stone & Sand Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADER BEING US9D TO PULL BY CHAIN A HOPPER CAR WHICH HAD DERAILED,BACK ONTO TRACKS.OPERATOR CLIMBED DOWN TO GROUND TO OBSERVE PROGRESS.WALKED AROUND LOADER OUT OF VIEW TO BOARD LOADER.RIGHT KNEE DISLOCATE8 FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND HE FELL TO GROUND AND CALLED FOR HELP.

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