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June 6, 2023 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Mckee Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miners were positioning the dredge to pull alongside the prepared embankment. Using an excavator to tow the dredge into place, the cable briefly stuck to the embankment and when it came dislodged, the miner was in the path of the cable and became injured. The miner was assessed on site and was taken to the local hospital. There, it was discovered that the cable had broken EE's

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