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August 22, 2017 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hooker Brothers Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Operator was helping perform maintenance on the dredge. At noon they went to get their lunch out the cab. Employee stepped over an area where the grating had been removed to work on a pipe and slipped and fell. Employee bruised their knee and ankle and ribs.

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