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February 2, 2015 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colorado Stone Quarries, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a pin from a wire saw when another employee hit it with a sledgehammer. The pin came loose and hit him in the right knee.

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