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June 2, 2014 CA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S-Bar-S Quarry · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was operating a bull dozer and the ripper shank broke. The miner went to retrieve the broken piece of metal and it slipped from his hands. The miners forearm was cut from the broken edge of metal.

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