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March 8, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Aluminum Silicates Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS BACKING UP ON TOW MOTOR WHEN BRAKES FAILED HE THOUGHT HE WAS SHIFTING TO FORWARD BUT HE WAS IN R EVERSE AND CRASHED THRU A GUARD RAIL AND FELL ABOUT 3 FT TO THE GROUND AS HE WAS FAL FALLING HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB THE RAIL CUTTING HIS HAND

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