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April 24, 2009 SD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregate Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured party was attemting to unhook chain from conveyor, there were several other men around the employee running the loader. The employee running the loader thought that the person unhooking had left the area. Injured party suffered lacerations above left eye, requiring sutures and bruising to his hand.

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