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October 19, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inland Rivers Aggregate Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE OPERATOR WAS FASTINING HIS LUNCH PAIL INTO THE LOADER WITH A BUNGE CORD, WHEN THE BUNGE END CAME UNFASTENED AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE. THE OPERATOR WAS WEARING HIS GLASSES AT THE TIME

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