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November 7, 1998 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Stone Products Inc · Fall from ladders

EE WAS ASSISTING IN THE ERECTION OF A CONVEYOR. HE WAS ON A LADDER WHICH WAS RESTING AGAINST A PAIR OF LEGS. THE LEGS WERE HELD UP BY A SUPPORT CABLE AND PINNED AT THE BASE. THE LEGS WERE BEIN G PINNED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CONVEYOR. THE SNAPPED ALLOWING THE LEGS TO FALL. THE LADDER AND EE THEN FELL.

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