Employee and a co-worker had been rock dusting and they were pulling the duster hose through the man door, at break 37. Employee stepped on a pile of slate and fell.
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He was sitting in truck at lunch time and blacked out and fell from passenger side of truck and hit the ground.
Employee sampling on auger platform, stepped on inspection hole cover (metal plate). Employee fell through hole along with metal plate cover. Fall was approximately 9.5 to 10 feet to the ground.