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September 8, 1987 NE · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME AND I NA4E EMPLOYEES OF THE OL&B RAILROAD, WERE CUTING UP A RAILROAD CAR, WORKING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CAR. I NAME HEARD THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR FALL. HE THEN SAW I NAME LYING UNDER THE CAR S3DE. I NAME WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED 9 12 87

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