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Years on record
1983–2026
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January 26, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Melvin E Mann Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT HE WAS READY TO RE-FUEL AND HIS FOOT CAME DOWN ON A CLOD OF DIRT THAT WAS FROZEN CAUSING HIM TO TURN HIS FOOT INJURING HIS ANKLE.

July 26, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Melvin E Mann Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

I NAME STOPPED LOADER TO TALK TO I NAME WHO HAD JUST DRIVEN UP AND GOT OUT ON RT HAND SIDE OF MACHINE INSTEAD OF LEFT AND SOMEHOW SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEP IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND CAUGHT THS SOLE OF HIS SHOE SOMEHOW AND FELL ON LEFT SIDE IT WAS NOT UNTIL APP 9 30 PM THAT NIGHT THAT HE BEGAN TO HURT HE WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOOM FOR X RAYS HE PULLED LIGAMENTS IN RT FOOT

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