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May 27, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

Shears Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS RIDING ON THE BUCKET OF A LOADER GIVING DIRECTIONS WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL HIS LEFG GOT PINCHED IN BETWEEN THE BUCKET & ARM OF THE LOADER CAUSING HIS UPPER PART OF HIS ELFT LEG TO BREAK HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD SURGERY

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