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June 29, 2016 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schaefer Enterprises of Deposit · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to walk down a 5' embankment when boot was lodged in the mud. This area is not an area generally used for foot traffic.

March 27, 2013 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schaefer Enterprises of Deposit Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was doing routine crusher maintenance when he noticed a bolt was loose on the underside of the crusher. As he was walking to tighten the bolt he was looking up and tripped over a frozen clump of mud.

February 24, 2010 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schaefer Enterprises of Deposit · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Area was plowed of snow and not yet sanded.

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