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October 19, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tufco Ready Mix Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED PER8ON AND THE DRAGLINE OPERATOR WERE DRIVING A NEW TRACK PIN INTO THE TRACK OF THE DRAGLINE. WHEN THE NEW PIN WAS TOO FAR INTO THE TRACK TO BE STRUCK BY SLEDGE HAMMER, THE OLD PI N WAS BATTED UP3AGAINST THE NEW PIN SO THEY COULD FINISH DRIVING IT IN. WHEN THE OLD PIN WAS STRUCK SEVERAL TIMES BY THE DRAGLINE OPERATOR, A FRAGMENT BROKE OFF AND ENTERED INJUREDS LEFT ARM.

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