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May 23, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Intrepid Potash - Moab LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES WERE CUTTING AND REMOVING PIPING. THEY WERE MOVING A 15' PIECE OF PIPE BY DRAGGING IT WITH A CHAIN ATTACHED TO A FORKLIFT. THE PIPE SECTION HAD NUMEROUS ELBOWS IN IT AND IT CAUGHT ON A CEMENT PILLAR AND FLIPPED, HITTING ONE EE IN THE UPPER THIGH.

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