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February 9, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Stone Crushing · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A FRIEND WAS USING STONE CRUSHING PERMITTED AREA TO MAKE ADBOE BLOCKS WHEN HIS HELPER GOT HIS ARM CAUGHT IN END DOOR OF ADOBE MACHINE. BROKE ARMABOVE HIS WRIST REQUIRING SURGERY. HE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE AND THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON CRUSHING EQUIPMENT.

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