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January 11, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Rock Company · Struck by flying object

CHESTER AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR WELDER WAS CONTRACTED TO REPAIR THE PAN OF CAT 633 MOTOR SCRAPER THE PAN WAS BENT AND NEEDED TO BE STRAIGHTENED CHESTER HAD CUT THE GUSSETS FROM UNDER THE PAN AND HAD PLACED ANGLE IRON ON THE PAN AND WEDGED IT AGAINST THE GOOSE NECK INAN ATTEMPT TO STRAIGHTEN THE PAN HE STARTED THIS PROCEDURE ON ONE SIDE OF THE PAN AND HAD MOVED THE ANGLE IRON TO T

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