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June 3, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
Baxter County Road & Bridge Department · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN A WOODEN CHAIR LEANING AGAINST A METAL RACK, NEXT TO AN EXTENSION OF A METAL BUILDING WITH A WOODEN ROOF, THE EXTENSION HAD A METAL ROOF. HE SUDDENLY FELT LIKE HE WAS HIT INT EH BACK OF THE HEAD WITHA BASEBALL BAT. AT THE TIME, LIGHTNING HAD STRUCK, COME THROUGH THE BUILDING AND HIT HIM INT HE BACK OF THE HEAD. HE HAD NO LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AN DNO BURN M

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