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July 11, 2017 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Haskell Sand LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting with pulling pipe from dredge onto shoreline. Wire cables were hooked to pipe and they were using a loader to pull pipe with. When loader began to move, there was slack in cable that tightened quickly and struck the employee on the left leg causing them to fall and then cable ran across their right arm and back.

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