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2000–2026
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March 12, 2002 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Rock LLC · Fall from machine

IT WAS WET & HIS BOOTS WERE MUDDY SO HE SLIPPED ON HIS WAY DOWN FROM THE EQUIPMENT & LANDED ON HIS LEG WRONG.

March 7, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ace Rock LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN GETTING OUT OF A CAT 235 EXCAVATOR, EE STEPPED ON TRACKS AND SLIPPED FROM THE WETNESS. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF BY REACHING HIS RIGHT ARM OVER HIS HEAD AND GRABBING THE MACHINE. THIS PULLED THE TENDONS IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

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