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September 8, 2005 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Mid-Atlantic Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER. ONE OF THE BOLTS BEGAN TURNING, HE TRIED TO HOLE BOLT UP WITH HAND AND TURN IT WITH THE IMPACT WRINCH. BOLT TURNED AND CUT LEFT HAND

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