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August 18, 2020 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Calvert City Quarry LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

miner was assisting in the installation of a portable stacker conveyor belt when the opposite end of where they were standing started lifting. The miner grabs the framework of the conveyor system attempting to lower it back down, therefore raising it approx. 10-12ft before the miners grip releases causing them to fall roughly 5-6 ft resulting in injury to lower extremity.area.

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