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August 29, 1993 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Reddinger Coal Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO SERVICE HIS MACHINE. AS HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE MACHINE HE MIS-JUDGED THE DISTANCE TO THE GROUND. HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL HITTING HIS FACE ON A PROTRUDING PIPE.

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