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July 31, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue River Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM PAYLOADER EMP JUMPED ONTO MOUND OF DIRT BESIDE THE LOADER IN DOING SO HE WRENCHED HIS RT KNEE CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING DIAGNOSIS BY PHYSICIAN WAS TORN LIGAMNETS IN TH KNEE THE KNEE WAS DRAINED OF FLUIDS AND TIGHTLY WRAPPED AT PHYSICIANS OFFICE

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