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January 17, 1988 OH · Coal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ohio Edison Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I,NAME WAS ATTE4PTING TO TURN A CABLE SOCKET SO THE WEDGE COULD BE DRIVEN OUT TO REMOVE THE BROKEN DRAG CABLE. THE BAR SLIPPED STRIKING I,NAME ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND CRACKING THE SMALL B ONE. 3

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