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September 8, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B & B Materials · Fall from machine

EE WAS SERVICING HIS LOADER (PUTTING OIL IN IT) WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL, STILL HOLDING THE 5 GALLON PAIL OF OIL. WHEN HE FELL, HE TWISTED HIS BACK. DISLOCATING RIB HEADS. HE WENT TO DR. .

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