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Total Eclipse of Safety

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Posted by rrnut282 on Friday, August 25, 2017 9:30 AM

I wonder if those same managers clocked out the employee for the trip to the hospital?  Afterall, he wasn't at his job switching cars, no need to pay him.Black Eye

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Posted by jeffhergert on Thursday, August 24, 2017 9:12 AM

The letter is in response to an accident in a yard.

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/36187963/csx-worker-injured-in-incident-during-solar-eclipse 

On another forum the OP, who posted the above link, said the talk was that this incident resulted in an amputation.  A follow up post had a pdf of the letter Balt posted.  Interesting reading, not only of the incident but conditions in general on CSX.

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 4:52 PM

Try this link - in my Firefox after I click on the picture it can be expanded to be readable.

http://forums.accuweather.com/index.php?showtopic=30960&st=20

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Posted by Deggesty on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 4:38 PM

My magnifying glass does not help, either.

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Posted by tree68 on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 4:34 PM

Too small to read (and the resolution of my monitor isn't helping any) - do you have a link or something?

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Total Eclipse of Safety
Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 4:25 PM

Never too old to have a happy childhood!

              

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