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April 6, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Of Michigan · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM & 3 OTHERS WERE PULLING ON NEW BELTING USING CABLE SNATCH BLOCK AND END LOADERS. VICTIM WAS IN THE V AREA OF THE PULL, WHEN THE CABLE HOLDING THE SNATCH BROKE HE WAS IN DIRECT LINE OF THE PULLING CABLE WHICH HIT HIM IN THE HEAD KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.

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