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January 21, 2011 KS · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Dartmouth Sand LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Pumped fuel out of fuel tank when tank was empty, it fill with fumes, last thing I remember I turned the pump off.

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