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January 5, 2000 KY · Coal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lewis Coal Sales Llc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DESCENDING A 988B LOADER WHEN HE HUNG HIS LEFT FOOT IN THE LADDER CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD. HIS LEFT FOOT HUNG BETWEEN THE LADDER AND THE FUEL TANK. EE WAS TAKEN TO HAZARD ARH VIA A MBULANCE. DIAGNOSIS: BROKEN BONE IN LEFT ANKLE.

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