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August 7, 2007 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Gulf Coast Aggregates, L.L.C. · Struck by falling object

Miner was getting ready to clear a plugged conveyor when a 2 1/2 to 3" rock fell from an overhead conveyor and hit him in the right side of head, right behind his ear.

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