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March 18, 2003 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Scrubgrass Reclamation Company, L.P. · Struck against stationary object

AN EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN TO A FLOOR FROM AN ELEVATED AREA WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO THE HEAD OF A SLEDGE HAMMER & TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. (SPRAIN) NO LOST TIME BUT SOME RESTRICTED DUTY.

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