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December 15, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ernst Aggregates · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP THE SIDE OF THE CRUSHER. HE LEANED AGAINST A LOOSE BAR AND LOST HIS BALANCE, AND JUMPED 7 FEET TO THE GROUND. THE GROUND WAS FROZEN, AND THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON THE HEELS OF HIS FEET, BRUISING THEM.

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