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November 28, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
R G King General Construction Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

LOADER OPERATOR AND A LABORER WAS PUTTING A NEW CRUSHER JAW INTO A STORAGE TRAILER IN PREPERATION FOR WINTER STORAGE. AS THE LOADER MAN WAS TILITING THE BUCKET TO SLIDE JAW OUT OF BUCKET. TH E JAW CAME OUT FASTER THEN AND HIT THE LABORER. ON THE FOOT. HE WAS STANDING IN TRAILER TO STEADY IT. IT CRUSHED 2 TOES ON LEFT FOOT.

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