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September 10, 1999 KS · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Continental Coal Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING LOADER. WHEN HE REACHED THEGROUND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE/FOOT WHEN MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.

September 3, 1998 KS · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Continental Coal Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

OPERATOR HAD CLEANED THE AIR FILTER ON THE AIR CONDITIONER & WAS RETURNING TO HIS STATION WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND. THE OPERATOR HAS BEEN OPERATING THIS PARTICULAR MODEL DOZER 15 YRS. THE WEATHER WAS HOT & DRY. DR INDICATES RETURN TO FULL WORK ON 10/3/98

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