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April 17, 1999 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Crater Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOSS TOLD EMPLOYEE TO PUT THE HERKONDIZER ON 966 LOADER, BUT FIRST TAKE A CHAIN AND LIFT UNITON A BLOCK SO IT WOULD BE EASIER TO INSTALL. HE DID NOT DO AS INSTRUCTED. THE LIFTING DEVICE HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE ANKLE.

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