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February 26, 2013 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was loading scrap metal into a dumpster via a skid steer loader. When raising loader arms to dump into dumpster, one of the loading forks came loose from loader, bounced off of dumpster and into the cab of the loader, striking miner on the leg. Miner was left with deep cut on his shin.

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