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May 9, 2025 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CKC Operations LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee is a laborer at our mine. They were repairing a chute. While removing a 2 foot by 3 foot section of a worn piece of metal, they lost footing and fell to their butt. In doing so, they hyper-extended their elbow, causing a ruptured bicep.

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