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August 17, 2005 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Sober Brothers Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING MATERIAL IN HOPPER, WHEN HE BACKED UP ON LOADER HE NOTICED TOP CONVEYOR WASN'T RUNNING. BACKED LOADER OFF RAMP, GOT OUT OF LOADER TO SHUT OFF MAIN CONTROL. JUMPED UP TO PULL HANDLE DOWN WHEN HE LANDED ON HIS RIGHT FOOT TWISTED HIS KNEE

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