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February 21, 2007 TN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Williamson County Highway Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dispersing a cluster of rock on the conveyor belt with a tamping bar. The tamping bar caught on the belt and was flung back and hit him in the chest.

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