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June 13, 2011 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Werner Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was repositioning a gravel dredge with a manual winch. A wind gust caught the dredge; the winch was in freewheel, the rotating handle struck the employee on the left forearm, lacerating the skin

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