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November 7, 2002 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Howell Sand Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING DOWN BACKWARD FROM LOADER, HE SLIPPED ON WHEEL CHOCK AND FELL, TWISTING KNEE. HE HAD MISPLACED THE CHOCK HE TRIPPED OVER.

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