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September 26, 1997 KY · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Centennial Resources Inc · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A STORAGE BIN LADDER WHEN SOME WASPS AROUND THE LADDER DISTRACTED HIM, CAUSING HIS FOOT TO MISS THE NEXT STEP DOWN WITH THE MISSED STEP, CAUSING HIM TO FALL ABOUT 8 FT TO THE GROUND. HE HIT HIS RT ELBOW ON THE GROUND CAUSING A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.

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