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August 21, 2004 IN · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
PC Illinois Synthetic Fuel #2, LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was unloading asphalt truck. Believed truck to be empty. Took hose off without shutting valve on truck. Truck was not empty which resulted in asphalt flowing from valve onto employee.

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