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May 26, 2012 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Feikert Sand & Gravel Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Heart Attack EE slumped over steering wheel and pushed the bucket controls forward and tilting it down stopping it. A customer seen it happen and notified us and that he was an EMT. CPR was given and a defibrillator was used, we shocked him 4 times and his heart started. EE had heart surgery 5/29/12 and is to make a full recovery no brain damage.

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