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December 9, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Construction Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER CLIMBED INTO FIELD HOPPER FEEDING 620 CONVEYER. LOADER OPERATOR WAS UNAWARE OF HIS PRESENCE IN HOPPER AND DUMPED MATERIAL INTO HOPPER. WORKER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF HOPPER WITHIN MIN UTES THROUGH DISCHARGE CHUTE.

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