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April 6, 1989 CO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sniders' Aggregate Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS BACKING THE AIR TRACK UP HE WAS STANDING AT THE SIDE WHEN HE STEPPED BACK HE TRIPPED ON A ROCK AND FELL HOLDING ONTO THE CONTROLS AND THE MACHINE RAN OVER HIS FOOT HE THEN REACHED UP TO THE CONTROLS AND MOVED THE MACHINE CRUSHED HIS R FOOT HE DIDNT HAVE ANY BROKEN BONES SINCE HE HAD ON SAFETY BOOTS BUT THE MUSCLE AND ARTERIES WERE CRUSHED

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