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October 21, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Central Quarries & Materials Company Llc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WAITING ON A SHOT TO GO OFF IN A STOCKPILE AREA. EE WAS STANDING BEHIND THE BUCKET OF A WA600 LOADER. WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FROM THE SHOT HIT THE GROUND BESIDE HIM AND THAN HIS RIGHT L EG. EE WAS TAKEN TO OUR COMPANY DR WHERE HE WA GIVEN A DIAGNOSTIC IMPRESSION OF CONTUSION AND ABRASION OF THE LEG AND HEEL.

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