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January 26, 1984 ID · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Mapco Minerals Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT OUT OF DRILL AND WALKED AROUND TO HAMMER SIDE TO CLEAN WINDOW OF CAB IT APPEARS THAT EMPLOYEE STEPPED UPON THE DRILL CHUCK TO CLEAN THE UPPER WINDOW OF THE CAB EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE L EANED BUT SOMEHOW HIS COVERALL BECAME ENTANGLED INT HE DRILL STEEL THIS PULLED HIM THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE MAST AND WRAPPED HIS RIGTH ARM AND CHEST AROUND THE STEEL

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