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January 12, 2015 UT · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
BRC Wellington LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was the loader operator on shift. As he was getting down from the loader he stepped on a rock or uneven ground, therefore spraining his ankle.

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