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October 7, 1987 PA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Camfield Mining Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING OIL IN LOADER WHEN FINISHED COMING DOWN FROM MACHINE PUT HIS FOOT ON TIRE AND THE OTHER FOOT ON A STEP BELOW TIRE BECAUSE OF WET CONDITIONS DUE TO RAIN EMPLOYEES FOOT SLI PED OFF TIRE AN8 HE GRABBED RAIL WITH RT HAND THAT IS WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL ON HIS RT SIDE ON THE 9TH OF OCT TOLD FOREMAN ABOUT THE ACCIDENT LEFT WORK AT NOON 10-9-87

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