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April 4, 1996 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Red Hill Lava Products, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCKS GET JAMMED IN THE JAW CRUSHER FROM TIME TOTIME. EMP WAS GETTING IN POSITION TO WORK THEM AROUND SO THEY WOULD CATCH AND CRACK. AS HE WAS GETTING INTO POSITION HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND GOT CA UGHT BETWEEN THE ROCK AND JAW. BRUISED RIGHT ANKLE - CONTUSION OF RIGHT ANKLE.

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