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February 8, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal master electrician Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Central Power & Lime Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP CLIMBED ONT2 A MOVING RAIL CAR TO MANUALLY ACTUATE THE SELINOID VALVE WHICH OPENS THE HOPPER DOORS. HE SLIPPED AND WAS HOLDING ONTO A RAIL CAR LADDER RUNG WITH HIS LEFT HAND. AT THIS TIME HE BECAME PINCH9D IN BETWEEN THE MOVING RAIL CAR AND A STATIONARY CONTACT BUMPER POST AT CHEST LEVEL. AFTER THE EMPLOYEE WAS FREED, SURROUNDING PERSONS STARTED EMERGENCY FIRST AID PROCEDURES U

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