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October 31, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Burton Stone · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHUTTING DOWN LOADER TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND HE HIT HIS CHEST IN A HEADLIGHT GUARD ON LOADER. HE DID NOT THINK HE WAS HURT UNTIL HE STARTED COUGHING ON 11-8-97 & HAD PAIN. HE WENT T O THE HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS AND HE HAD A CRACKED RIB. EMPLOYEE IS TO RETURN TO WORK 11-13-97.

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