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273,193
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2000–2026
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March 2, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix San-Man · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was exiting from a platform of a 980 H loader. When he stepped off of the platform with his right foot, his right foot slipped of the rung and he sprained his right ankle. The rungs of the loader are a different configuration then the older type 980's; the rungs are set further in and this is what caused the accident.

March 2, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phoenix San-Man · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DESCENDING DOWN FROM OPERATORS STATION OF LOADER AND STEP ON UNEVEN GROUND TWISTING LEFT KNEE.

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