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March 14, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Mc Adam Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS PREPARING TO LOAD CUSTOMER TRUCK. LOADER BUMPED TRUCK, CUSTOMER WENT TO INVESTIGATE WHEN LOADER DID NOT MOVE AND FOUND OPERATOR SLUMPED DOWN IN LOADER. WHEN CUSTOMER SAW HE COULD NOT GET RESPONSE HE WENT TO SCALEHOUSE AND CALLED 911 AND HEADQUARTER IN MORAN 911 ARRIVED AND VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO MERCY HOSPITAL IN FORT SCOTT VICTIM WAS PRONOUNED DEAD AT HOSPTIAL.

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