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September 8, 1983 OK · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix Coal Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN THE LADDER OFLOADER CAUSING HIM TO CALL APPROX 3\ TO THE GROUND, LANDING FLAT ON HIS BACK WITH HIS FOOT STILL HUNG UP IN LADDER

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