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September 8, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lake County Grading Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR HAD MU8 ON BOOTS AS WELL AS MUD BEING ON LADDER TREADS HE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED FROM LADDER HE TRIED TO STOP HIS FALL BY TRYING TO GRAB LADDER AND W RAPPED HI S ARM AROUND TR9AD CAUSING FRACTURE TO FOREARM

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