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March 23, 1988 HI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
H Tanaka Trucking Service Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPL WAS STANDING FORKLIFT TRYING TO PUSH A CYLINDER INTO A CONTAINER WITH HIS LEG FORKLIFT OPERATOR THOUGHT HE WAS LOW ENOUGH TO CLEAR CONTAINER AND MOVED FORWARD BUT EMPL GOT SMASHED B ETWEEN FORKLIFT AND CONTAINER

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