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June 22, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I MAN WAS LIFTI3G PLANATARY GEAR WITH 560, I MAN WAS DIRECTING HIM, 2 MEN WERE STEADYING THE GEAR. THE CHAIN BROKE AND THE CHAIN FELL BACKWARDS ONE MAN LET GO BUT THE OTHER MAN HAD HIS HAND BE HIND THE PART A3D DID NOT GET HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY.

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