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May 15, 1985 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
County Concrete Corp · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

CRAWLED INTO LARGE SAND HOPPER TO REMOVE A STONE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HOPPER. SAND THAT WAS ON THE SIDES OF THE HOPPER COLLAPSED AS HE WAS IN THE HOPPER COVERING HIM.

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