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September 3, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Mobile Abrasives · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING OFF A BRAND NEW FRONT-END LOADER, WORKER ASSUMED A STEP WAS THERE AS WITH THE OLD FRONT-END LOADER BUT THE STEP WAS A LITTLE HIGHER AND HE FELL BACK ONTO THE GROUND FRON MISSING THE STEP.

May 15, 1997 AL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY

Mobile Abrasives · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE BURNED A PIECE OF METAL OFF OF A PIPE THAT FELL DOWN INTO HIS BOOT VIA BURNING THROUGH HIS JEANS, AND THEREBY BURNED HIS FOOT.

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