EMPL SAYS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB UP ON COAL AUGER. HE REACHED UP & GRABBED HOSE & LOST HIS GRIP CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS APPROX 5' TO GROUND. EMPL STATED HE THINKS HE STRUCK HIS BAC K ON PONTOON LEG OF AUGER AS HE FELL.
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Tebco Inc · Fall from machine
April 30, 1987
KY · Coal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tom Ballard Co Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING A LOADED COAL TRUCK FOR DEBRIS AND LOOSE BLOCKS ON THE EDGES, AS EMPLOYEE STARTED TO DISMOUNT HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE TOP LADDER OF THE TRUCK BED. THE LADDER STEP BROKE C AUSING EMPLOYEE3TO FALL TO THE GROUND LANDING ON HIS LEFT FOOT.
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