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October 8, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Stone Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR WAS LOWERING MASS. THE LEO'S ARM WAS PINCHED BETWEEN BOOM & MASS. WHERE THEY CAME CLOSETOGETHER. THE LEFT FOREARM WAS PINCHED & TORE THE SKIN OPEN. NO BROKEN BONES NO SERIOUS INJURY

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