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May 23, 2003 MT · Coal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Big Sky Coal Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON 5-23-03 IT WAS REPORTED THAT EE (MECHANNIC ON SHIFT) AND ANOTHER EE WERE SETTING IN #598D-11 CAT DOZER ENGINE, ATTACHED TO A 35TON P&H CRANE EE STATED THE CRANE HAD THE DOZER ENGINE A COUPL E OF INCHES FROM SETTING IN ENGINE MOUNTS. EE PRIED ON THE RIGHT KNEE WITH THE PRY BAR. IN THE PROCESS ENGINE SLIPPED INTO PLACE HITTING HIM IN RIGHT KNEE WITH THE PRY BAR. NO LOST TIME.

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