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December 6, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Sun Materials · Fall from machine

I.NAME WAS PARK3NG HIS LOADER, AS HE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER HE SLIPPED AND HELD ONTO HANDRAIL. HE THEN SWUNG INTO THE TANK AND BROKE HIS IBS RIBS, HE DIDNT REPORT THIS UNTIL MONDAY 12-09-8 5 3

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