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May 7, 1999 MS · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · OTHER

EE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE DEBRIS FROM AREA AROUND DREDGE BY TYPING ROPE TO TREE ON BANK. ROPE APPARENTLY GOT BENEATH BOAT AND WHEN THE ROPE BECAME TENSE, TURNED THE BOAT OVER. TWO EE FELL INTO W ATER AND ONE WAS NOT RECOVERED.

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