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EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING THE SLOPE OF A SPOIL PILE FROM WHERE SHE HAD BEEN VIEWING THE PIT BELOW.AS SHE NEARED THE BOTTOM OF THE PILE,APPROX 3 FT FROM NATURAL GROUND,HER LEFT ANKLE TURNED UNDER AS HER FOOTING BECAME UNSURE ON A LARGE FLAT STOWHICH SHE WAS STEPPING ONTO.THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE INJURY WAS SERIOUS EMOUGH TO SEE A DR.AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT;HOWEVER ON THE
DOZER BROKE DOWN IN PIT AND EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO FIND MECHANIC. EMPLOYEE THEN STEPPED ON A LUMP OF DIRT AND TURNED ANKLE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT THINK INJURY WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO SEE A DR., HOWEVE R, SO ON THE 24TH OF NOV. AT WHICH TIME THE EMPLOYER RECOGNIZED THE INJURY AS REPORTABLE AND BEGAN FILING OF FORM 7000-1.