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January 27, 1995 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clark Limestone Company · Fall from machine

PARKED FRONT END LOADER, NEAR THE SHOP WENT TO CLIMB DOWN OFF THE MACHINE AND MISSED THE LAST STEP ON THE MACHINE CAUSING HIM TO LAND ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE WRONG SNAPPING A SMALL BONE IN HIS RIGHT ANKLE. THIS MACHINE HAD A FACTORY INSTALLED CABLE STEP AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH LADDER GOING TO THE OPERATORS COMPARTMENT.

August 20, 1993 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Clark Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS GETTING OFF A TRACK DOZER. STEPPED DOWN ONTO THE DOZER ARM AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS LEG WENT DOWN IN BETWEEN THE DOZER ARM AND THE TRACKS. HE THEN FELL ON OVER ONTO THE GROUND, PINNING HIS LEF. INTIAL DIAGNOSIS AS OF THE REPORT STATES POSSIBLE TORN LIGAMENTS AND TENDON DAMAGE. HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON.

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