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December 1, 2020 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Gallatin County · Struck by flying object

A Magnum Buster Power cartridge detonated while a contractor was drilling a boulder causing fly rock to pepper the inside of the leg and hand of the miner.

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