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September 12, 2005 UT · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
RC Rental and Sales, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON GRIZZLY BAR (BAR PART OF FEEDER HOPPER; HAD BEEN DAMAGED WHEN HIT BY LOADER. EE WAS TRYING TO REPAIR BENT BAR BY HITTING IT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER). THE METAL BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE'S LEFT ANKLE, CAUSING THE LITTLE BONE JUST ABOVE THE ANKLE TO BREAK.

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