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Preliminary Report - Fatality #4 - April 4, 2013

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An excavator was being used to position a 36-inch diameter by 40-foot long section of pipe to connect it to another section of pipe. The pipe, attached to the excavator by a lifting strap, shifted and it struck the victim.