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May 25, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lebanon Rock Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS BRIING STONE INTO CRUSHER & WENT TO GET ANOTHER BUC KET OF STONE FOR CRUSHER WHEN STONE GOT CAUGHT IN JAW OF CRUSHER. HE GOT OFF LOADER & WENT UP TO ASSIST IN GETTING STONE THRU C RUSHER WHEN STONE WAS THROUGH BELT WAS ACTIVATED & EMPL WAS ON ANOTHER VELTR NOT VISIBLE FROM CONTROL PANEL. UPON SEEING HIM COMING UP RETURN BELT FOR SCREEN MACHINE WAS SHUT OFF BY EMPL.

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