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September 12, 2006 AL · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reed Mining, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee claims he was walking across hood of rock truck to clean right side mirror. Because of wet weather the hood was wet and slick. The employee slipped and fell onto the hood. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE UNTIL 09-25-2006, AND DID NOT BEGIN LOSING TIME UNTIL 10-05-2006.

July 5, 2006 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reed Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

EE was running a front end loader on a coalyard, feeding a coal crusher. When the coal crusher stopped-up, EE parked his loader and jumped to the ground, a distance of 6ft. He did not begin losing time until 7-27-06 and did not notify management that the time loss was related to the accident until August 1, 2006.

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