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March 5, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Massillon Materials Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE WERE FILLING A CRUSHER OIL VAT WITH A 55 GALLON DRUM WHICH WAS HELD IN THE AIR BY A CRANE. THE DRUM OF OIL TIPPED FORWARD SLIGHTLY AND THE CHAINS TIGHTENED AROUND THE EE'S ARM AS HE REACHED TO STEADY THE DRUM.

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