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August 14, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lagow Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK DRIVER WAS HOLDING UP A PIECE OF THREADED ROD THAT WAS SCREWED INTO A SHAFT. THE OTHER END HAD A SLAPHAMMER ATTACHED TO IT. WHILE ANOTHER MAN WAS WORKING THE HAMMER THE THREADS BROKE OFF AND ALLOWED THE ROD TO SLIP AND CUT THE DRIVER'S HAND BETWEEN THE INDEX FINGER AND THUMB. AFTER FIRST AID WAS ADMINISTERED HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE HAD 4 STITCHES PU

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