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June 27, 1991 OH · Coal weighman, scale person EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Rail River Terminal · Contact with hot objects or substances

HEATER HOSE BURST IN CAB OF LOADER AND SEAT. BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE, NOT ALLOWING OPERATOR TO EXIT CAB, CAUSING 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS ON CALF OF RIGHT LEG.

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