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April 19, 2002 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Amherst Industries Inc · Fall from machine

EE HAD CLIMBED UP ONTO THE ENDLOADER THAT HE WOULD BE OPERATING FOR HIS SHIFT. UPON REACHING THE TOP OF THE ENDLOADER HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND HE BRUISED HIS LOWER BACK AND RECEIVED A KNOT ON HIS HEAD. THE SURFACE THAT HE FELL ONTO WAS GRAVEL. THE HEIGHT THAT HE FELL WAS SEVEN FEET OFF OF THE GROUND.

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