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March 12, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Gateway Dredging and Contracting · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to insert a spud pin into a spud before the spud stopped moving. Pin struck victim in the head.

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