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September 18, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Alabama Carbonates, L.P. · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STAGING RAILCARS FOR PICKUP BY TRAIN HE WAS RIDING ON R EAR OF RAILCAR WHILE MOVING TO NEW DESTINATION WHEN CAR STOPPE EMPLOYEE DISMOUNT ED AS EMPLOYEE DISMOUNT ED RAILCAR HE STEP PED ONTO A ROCK THAT SLIPPED UNDER HIS FOOT CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS RT ANKLE THERE WAS NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN THE ACTUAL HAPPENING OF THIS ACCIDENT THE INJURY WAS INCURRED BY BODILY ACTION

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