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February 12, 2026 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Naceville Materials J.V. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE opened an air line to bleed the system and forgot to turn off a ball valve at the air tank causing the air line that runs under the building to come up and out of the hole and hit EE in the head.

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