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August 27, 2005 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Albert Frei & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURED WHEN A MINER ATTEMPTING TO EXCAVATE MATERIAL IN A WA900 FRONT END LOADER WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK THAT ROLLED DOWN THE ANGLE REPOSE.

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