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November 25, 1991 VA · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer FIRE

Strouth Coal Company-C V C · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOSE ON DOZER BURST CAUSING HYDRAULIC FLUID TO COME IN CONTACT WITH TURBO CHARGER WHICH CAUSED A SMALL FIRE I NAME WAS LEANING OUT OF DOZER DOOR TRYING TO PUT OUT FIRE USING FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHEN DOOR FLEW BACK STRIKING I NAME ON HIS RT WRIST

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