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June 27, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Construction Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING NEW BELT ON NEW CONVEYER INSTALLATION. WAS PULLING BELT OFF ROLL ONTO CONVEYER WITH NYLON ROPE AND LOADER. PLATE PULLED FREE OF BELT, STRUCK INJURED IN FACE, RESULTING IN CONTUSIONS AND FRACTURED C-4 VERTEBRA.

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