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February 7, 2020 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold · Struck against a moving object

Contract employee was assigned to MSHA jurisdiction project was delivering material picked up from the yard and a distribution site and was driving back to the job when the right rear tire failed causing the truck to roll over.

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