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May 9, 1992 IA · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Acme Fuel & Material Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE DRIVING FORKLIFT, EMPLOYEE WENT INTO ONE WAREHOUSE, ADN UPON CHANGING HIS MIND AND DECIDED TO GO TO ANTOHER WAREHOUSE, MADE A C CURVE TO EXIT. SOME PALLETS WERE SITTING OUTSIDE THEWAREH OUSE, THE EMPLOYEE SWERVED TOAVOID HITTING THE PALLETS, CAUSING THE FORKLIFT TO FISHTAIL, EMPLOYEE STUCK OUT HIS LEFT HAND TO CHECK THE DISSTANCE BETWEEN THETRAILER AND TE STACK OF PALLETS, CU

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