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April 22, 2014 ND · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pinky's Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Windy condition blowing off miner's hard hat causing a distraction and contact of steel bar with vibrating screen deck causing bar to strike miner's face (jaw). Lower jaw laceration and fracture, missing lower front teeth.

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