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August 9, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Aggrock Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A 30" CONVEYOR FROM THE STORAGE YARD WHEN A CHAIN DISLODGED AND THE CONVEYOR FELL 3', STRIKING ONE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT LEG AND ANKLE. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED SCRAPES O N HIS LEFT LEG AND A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT ANKLE.

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