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June 9, 1984 OH · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Horizon Coal Corp · Fall onto or against objects

OPERTAOR WAS SERVICING HIS MACHINE BEFORE SHIFTR CHANGE HE PROCEEDED TO GET A GALLON OF MOTOR OIL AND ATTEMPTED TO MOUNT MACHINE USING HAND RAIL HE SLIPPED (DUE TO OIL ON SOLES OF HIS SHOES) CAUSING HIM TO HIT HIS RT LEG AGAINST THE STEEL EDGE OF THE MACHINE

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