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Gramercy Works Machinery Accident

Gramercy, Saint James Parish, Louisiana
August 30, 1978
No. Killed - 3

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Victims were fatally injured when the rotary type ore screen (Bradford Breaker) they had entered was restarted.

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The Town Talk, August 31, 1978

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