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February 17, 1993 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tanner Construction · Struck by flying object

OPERATIN A HYDRULIC HAMMER BREAKING BOULDERS FOR CRUSHER E E PUT HAMMER POINT ON ROCK AND ACTUATED THE HAMMER. PIECE OF ROCK FLEW AND ONE STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

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