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August 1, 1989 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Strouth Coal Company-C V C · Fall from machine

EMPL CLIMBED UPON COAL LOADER TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO OPERATOR AND WHN DESCENDING THE LOADER HE MISSED THE LAST STEP AND SPRAINED HIS R ANKLE

November 17, 1988 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Strouth Coal Company-C V C · Fall from machine

MINER WAS DISMOUNTING LOADER WITH LUNCH BOX IN HAND. HE SLIPPED ON THE MIDDLE OF THREE STEPS CAUSING HIS FOOT TO STRIKE THE GROUND IN AN UNNATURAL POSITION INJURING HIS ANKLE. THE LADDER HAD B EEN BENT IN AND TO THE BACK SOME 3 OR 4 MONTHS PRIOR.

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