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Years on record
1983–2026
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March 3, 2006 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DTE Dickerson LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Loosening impellar on slurry booster pump when impellar came loose and caused me to slip and fall, hitting my lower back on the impellar housing.

August 7, 2005 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DTE Dickerson LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Loose objects underfoot at job site (i.e. rocks); employee slipped on loose rocks and fell.

February 5, 2004 OH · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DTE Dickerson LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ON AN INCLINED SURFACE IN SNOWY AND ICY CONDITIONS AND SLIPPED, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

January 24, 2004 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DTE Dickerson LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SNOW COVERED ICE ON FROZEN SURFACE CAUSING A SLIP AND TWIST OF KNEE.

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