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November 11, 2024 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hughes Bros., Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loader Operator was loading sand out of bank. Accord to supervisor, EE created an unsafe condition undermining the bank, backing out, the sand came down and into the windshield. At 11:45, EE was out of the loader assisted by others. EE's hands were cut from the windshield, & EE was taken to occup. physician, where the wounds were cleaned, antibiotics prescribed, & released.

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