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November 7, 2023 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J W Hughes Excavation, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner found the contractor truck driver walking with their cell on hands and noticed that the driver was bleeding from the nose and helped them walk back to the office, they asked the driver what happened. Driver stated that they were trying to lift up the handle lock of the door to open the trailer and it hit them on the nose.

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