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November 4, 2009 WV · Coal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Eagle Ridge Development Group LLC · Struck by flying object

Operator was assisting dozer with moving a large rock. He grabbed the rock with the bucket on a small corner of the rock. With subsequent pulling, a section of the rock broke off and flew through the windshield of the excavator, striking him in the hands and left knee.

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