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April 24, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
L S Jensen & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING DIRT OUT FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN THE OPERATOR BLEW THE HORN, SIGNALING SOMETHING WAS WRONG. EE LUNGED AND DUCKED UNDER THE CONVEYOR-HIS HARD HAT STRUCK THE SUPPORT BEAM AND JO LTED HIS NECK.

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