I.NAME AND I.NAME UNLOADED 3 FULL 55 GAL OIL DRUMS FROM PICKUP BY TIPPING BARRELS ON THEIR SIDE THEN SLIDING OVER OPEN TAILGATE SO THEY WOULD LAND UPRIGHT. I.NAME WAS ON GROUND AT LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE HELPING TIP LAST BARREL OFF PICKUP AND MISJUDGED WHERE BARREL WOULD LAND.IT LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT ABOUT 2\\ BELOW ANKLE.
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September 15, 1984
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
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Continental Gold Inc · Struck by falling object
Continental Gold Inc · Fall onto or against objects
HAD INTENSE FREEZE AND VALVE NEEDED TO BE FRAINED BUT ICE ALL OVER AREA. WALKED ACROSS ICE TO GPON VALVE AND SLIPPED ON ICE JAMMING RIGHT SHIN INTO VALVE EDGE TORE FLASH OVER BONE.
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