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January 3, 2001 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Mt Hope Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING OUT FEEDER II WITH AIR GUN, THE AIR LINE GOT PULLED INTO THE HEAD SECTION OF #13BELT. EMPLOYEE COULD NOT RELEASE THE AIR LINE QUICKLY ENOUGH & HIS ARM WAS PULLED IN BETWEEN THE HEAD SECTION OF BELT.

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