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February 5, 2009 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Riverbend Construction Materials LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was walking through the plant to his task, when he stepped on a patch of ice. His footing slipped and strained his back. The miner did not fall.

May 5, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Riverbend Construction Materials LLC · Fall from piled material

The employee was walking down the muck pile from the excavator when a large rock rolled down and pinched his leg against another large rock. He fell, the result being a chipped bone in his right ankle.

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