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September 13, 2004 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sand Mill Inc · Fall from machine

Employee, a driver for Ingram Ready Mix, a customer of the mine, while waiting to be loaded, "blacked out" and fell two to four feet from the step of his truck cab to a stockpile of wet sand. His shoulder was dislocated by the landing. Prognosis is for a two week recovery.

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