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June 8, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cadman (Rock) Inc · Fall from machine

THE EE JUMPED OFF OF A FLAT BED WORK TRUCK WHEN HIS FEET HAD THE GROUND IT SPRAINED HIS LEFT KNEE.

February 4, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cadman (Black Diamond) Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE REPLACING MANHOLE COVERS HE TWISTED THE WRONG WAY AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

January 19, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Cadman (Rock) Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING AN EXCAVATOR AND ATTEMPTING TO BREAK A HUGH BOULDER. HE HAD THE FRONT OF THE TRACKS ELEVATED OFF THE GROUND AND THEN WHEN THE BOULDER BROKE THE MACHINE CAME DOWN HARD TO THE G ROUND. THE SEAT OF.

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