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August 13, 2008 VA · Coal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
The Black Diamond Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee got his right hand cut when the nozzle blew off of a water hose. The tail on the ideal clamp cut his hand. It took 10 sutures to close the wound.

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