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November 6, 1997 WV · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING FROM LOADER WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED. HE SWUNG FROM THE HANDRAIL AND STRUCK THE LOADER ON HIS RIGHT SIDE, FRACTURING THE FOURTH RIB ON RIGHT SIDE.

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