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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.

August 4, 2014 UT · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BRC Wellington LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a jig hood that was too heavy. He had lower back pain.

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