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October 16, 1996 PA · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Queenstown Processing Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EE WAS INSPECTING A PUMP THAT WAS PLUGGED UPTHE EE SHUTOFF THE PUMP. THE WATER IN THE PUMP BECAME VERYHOT, FROM BEING CIRCULATED IN THE PUMP AND NOT BEING DISCHARGED. EE DISCONNECTED THE DISHCARGE LINE & PULLED IT OFF. THE PUMP PRESSURE HAD BUILT UP IN THE HOSE & PUMP, IT SPRAY OUT ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM BURNING HIM

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