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August 9, 2002 AK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Alaska Rock-Div/Summit Alaska Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS STRUCK ON NECK AND UPPER BACK WHEN A ROCK BEING FEED INTO CRUSHER FELL OUT OF HOPPER AND STRUCK EE OPERATOR HAD APPRACHED HAPPER AND NOT ADVISED LEADER OPERATOR FEEDING CRUSHER. HARD HAT WORN AT TIME OF INJURY.

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