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November 16, 1993 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Northrup Concrete Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN MUD FROM A MOVING RETURN IDLER THE IDLER GRABBED HIS SHOVEL. H E REACHED FOR THE SHOVEL AND GOT CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR. AT THE TIME INJURIES LOOKED LIKE THEY COULD B E SERIOUS SO AN AMBULANCE WAS SUMMONED. AS IT TURNED OF HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. THE WORST OF HIS INJURIES IS 17 STITCHES IN HIS LEFT HAND THE REST IS BRUINDING SORENESS.

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