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September 15, 2006 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Mineral Park Decorative Rock · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee working on truck with hood tilted forward, wind caught hood and closed on victim's head cutting head and compressing neck; victim had hard hat blown off just before hood came down. 1"-2" cut on top of head and complaint of stiff neck.

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