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July 26, 2011 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Providence Mining LLC · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Employee was standing on a temporary platform to install safety barricades. He was not wearing fall protection. He stepped off the platform while pounding on a support timber and fell 7 feet to the tunnel floor.

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