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July 26, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
3 P Stone · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was cleaning on the opposite side of the control handles on the rock chopper when the 90 degree elbow broke. Which resulted in them getting burned by hydraulic oil.

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