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June 16, 2001 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
San Antonio Lime Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE 6" DISCHARGE LINE WAS EMPTY OF WATER; THE PUMP HAD BEEN RUNNING 10 MIN. EARLIER WITHOUT PUMPING WATER (ASSUMING IT WAS SAFE TO DISCONNECT). AN AIR PRESSURE POCKET HAD GENERATED IN THE PUMP AFTER RELEASING LOCK LEVER ON COUPLER, THE LINE BLEW OFF THE NIPPLE, STRIKING EE IN THE FACE.

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