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January 26, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carolina Vermiculite Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING WORKING WITH SUBMERSIBLE PUMP IN THE TROMMEL SCREEN AREA. HE GLANCED UP AT APRON FEEDER AND NOTICED HOPPER WAS ALMOST EMPTY. WHILE WORKING WITH PUMP HE HAD MOVED UNDER TH E CONTROL LOG TABLE. HE JUMPED UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON CORNER EDGE OF TABLE. AND CUT HIS HEAD.

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