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June 5, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Guernsey Stone & Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PORTABLE POWER SCREEN WAS PARKED ON EDGE OF FOREST SERVICE ROAD.CREWS WERE SETTING UP FOR OPERATION.VICTIM AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE UNFOLDING THE END DELIVERY CONVEYOR.A LOADER WAS HOOKED TO HEAD PULLEY AND PULLED CONVEYOR TO ITS EXTENDED POSITION.TWO 1/2" BOLTS WERE PUT INTO THE SECOND SECTION TO PREVENT FOLDING.VICTIM CRAWLED UP CONVEYOR TO UNHOOK LOADER.IT WAS UNHOOKED AND O

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