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March 12, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Alabama Carbonates, L.P. · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS DRIVING LULL (FORKLIFT) AND VEHICLE TURNED ON ITS SIDE. INJURED JUMPED FROM LULL BEFORE VEHICLE TURNED OVER, INJURING HIS NOSE AND LIP. VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON UNEVEN TERRAIN W ITH LIFT FORKS IN RAISED POSITION.

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