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June 20, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Employee with 30 years of mining experience fell from a conveyor structure and landed on his side. He never lost consciousness and complained of pelvic pain and tight breathing. He did not the JLG man-lift with harness to access the elevated surface as trained.

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