The employee was exiting an excavator, climbing down the tracks to the step. He slipped from the step and fell to the ground landing on his lunch box. There was, according to other employees, some mud on the step. The employee was angry in leaving his equipment, due to the fact that he was to quit operating one piece and start operating another.
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March 31, 2011
PA · Coal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Aggregates Inc · Fall from machine
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