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January 19, 1991 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Hardaway Concrete Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING PORTA POWER UNIT STATIONARY WHILE ANOTHER EE PUMPED THE HANDLE. HE HAD HIS LEFT HAND OVER THE HYDRALIC LINE WHEN THE LINE RUPTURED AND INJECTED FLUID INTO HIS HAND.

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