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October 6, 2006 VA · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountaineer Enterprises, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee got out of loader and walked near a hole which he had dug. The side caved on the hole causing him to fall. When he fell, he landed with his hand under his body.

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