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April 27, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Buckhart Sand & Gravel Co Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DREDGE OPERATOR WAS GOING OUT TO CHECK BOOSTER PUMP ON THE WAY HE PASSED BY ONE OF THE COUPLER ON THE PIPELINE WHEN IT CAME APART AND KNOCKED HIM INTO THE WATER HE THEN WAS FLOATING IN THE WAT ER WITH HIS LIFTJACKET ON UNTIL HE WAS PICKED UP AFTER MINUTES LATER.

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