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May 13, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southern Ohio Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT WHILE CLEANING CLAY MUD FROM THE ROCK CHUTE ON THE PLANT WITH A SCRAPER HE WAS USING BECAME IMBEDDED IN THE CLAY WHILE HE WAS INTENDED TO PULL THE SCRAPER FROM THE CLAY. THE WOO DEN HANDLE STRUCK THE EE IN THE MOUTH.

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