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June 4, 2005 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Hughes Stone, Inc. · Struck by falling object

While checking and cleaning around boreholes, some small debris was noted falling from a 30-40 t. In the front of the hardhat with a clod of dirt. The debris forced the hardhat down over the forehead resulting in about a four inch laceration on the forehead and slight skull fracture.

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