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April 14, 2011 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Magnetation Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was changing cutting edge on the 966 loader. He was holding the bolt head with one hand and operating the air gun with the other. The nut grabbed onto the threads which spun the bolt and split his finger open.

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