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May 29, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alto Bonito Gravel Plant · Struck by falling object

WHILE THEY WERE3WORKING ON THE JAW CRUSHER'S RETAINING WEDGE, PLLING IT OUT, THERE WAS TENSION ON A CHAIN TO HELP PULL IT OUT. I,NAME WAS HITTING WEDGE, WHEN IT CAME LOOSE, OUT OF IT'S PLACE, AND LANDED ON 2IGH RIGHT FOOT.

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