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January 9, 2008 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
New Jersey Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was sitting on rear of jumbo drill as it was drilling holes at the face. He jumped off the jumbo a vertical distance of about one foot to get fuel for the jumbo and landed on the side of his right foot. The right foot became immediately painful, but he finished out his shift to 4:00 pm.

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