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November 12, 2010 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J C Building Stone · Struck against stationary object

EE was throwing rocks into the bucket of a track loader. As he lifted his arms to throw a rock, another employee came up behind him with a rock and when EE's elbow went down he hit the rock the second employee was carrying.

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