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September 17, 1986 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Allied Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE 3 MAN WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE SACKING CONVEYOR AND THE WAREHOUSE FORKLIFT ANOTHER MAN STANDING BESIDE THE FORKLIFT REACHED OVER TO START IT TO RA ISE THE PALLET 2N THE FORKS THE FORKLIFT WAS IN GEAR AND AT THIS TIME LUNGED FORWARD PINNING THE FIRST MANS LOWER LEG BETWEEN THE PALLET ON THE FORKLIFT AND SACKING CONVEYOR.

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