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April 15, 2005 FL · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Holley Dirt Company, Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND OTHER EE WERE MOVING THE WATER PUMP FROM LOW GROUND TO HIGHER GROUND. OTHER EE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE CONTROLS ON THE MACHINE AND LOWERED THE BUCKET, WITH EE BETWEEN THE MACHINE AND THE PUMP. OTHER EE MOVED THE PUMP TOOK EE TO THE HOSPITAL.

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