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February 18, 1997 WI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Rufer & Son Excavating, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAKING HOPPER OFF JAW CRUSHER WHEN IT ROLLED BACK PINNING EE BETWEEN LOADER BUCKET AND FRAME OF JAW CRUSHER. HE HAS BEEN IN HOSPITAL SINCE ACCIDENT. WILL BE RELEASED THIS WEEK. INJURY ACCURRED TO RIGHT LEG NO BROKEN BONES BUT EXSTENSIVE MUSCLE DAMAGE.

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