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May 12, 2016 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Stone Quarries, LLC · Struck by falling object

Co-worker was on skid steer while EE was trying to take bucket off because it was too tight. EE instructed co-worker to raise the bucket up. It was 3.5 feet in air and EE walked in front of the bucket and pried the lever on the coupler. The bucket fell severing the big toe and the 2 beside it.

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