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October 8, 2002 NC · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cherokee Sanford Group Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF LOADER, PUT FOOT ON FIRST STEPDOWN WHEN HE STEPPED ON 2ND STEP HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE HELD ONTO A RAIL ON LOADER PULLING HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. SPRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER, ELB OW AND WRIST. STEPS WERE WET IT HAD BEEN RAINING.

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