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December 15, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Upper Keys Marine Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CABLE ON BOOM BROKE WHILE OPERATING DRAGLINE. NOT KNOWN WHY CABLE BROKE. CABLE HIT HIM CAUSING SEVERE LACERATIONS NA DBRUISING TO FACE, ARMS, A HANDS, CHEST AND THIGHS. TENDONS WERE SEVERED IN RIGHT HAND.

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