AYR, NORTH DAKOTA—
The Arthur Companies
Other fall to lower level unspecified · Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified
Final narrative
An employee stepped onto a railcar during a loading operation. The railcar was moving and the employee was pulled backward off his feet by his self-retracting lifeline when it reached the end of its 30-foot cable. The cable caught on something and then snapped, causing the employee to fall to the ground. He suffered an injury to the L1, L2, and L3 vertebrae that required surgery and a shoulder dislocation.
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