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2000–2026
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April 20, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Grand Junction Concrete Pipe Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING DIESEL FUEL SUPPLIER BY HOLDING NOZZLE INTO TANK AIR PRESSURE BUILT UP IN THE TANK AND BLEW THE NOZZLE FROM THE TANK BEFORE EE RELEASED THE NOZZLE HIS ARM WAS JERKED AND THEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

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