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November 15, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Milton Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP HAD JUST FINISHED REPAIRS TO TRANSMISSIN ON TIRE TRUCK. EMP WENT TO START TRUCK, IT WOULD NOT START FORM THE CAB. EMP SHECKED TO SEE IF TRUCK WA> OUT OF GEA\. GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND GOT UN DER TO CROSS OUT OVER STARTER. WHEN HE CROSSED IT OUT TRUCK STA\TED A(D W AS STILL IN GEAR BACK OVER THE EMP. IT BORKE BOTHE HIS LEGS.

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