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July 1, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Contact with electrical current

ELECTRIC IGNITER ON FLASH DRYER WOULD NOT ENERGIZE BURNER, WHILE CHECKING WIRE FOR FAULT SYSTEM ENERGIZED AND CAUSED OPERATOR TO RECEIVE ELECTRICAL JOLT RESULTING IF FALL FROM STEP LADDER ON W HICH HE WAS WORKING. OPERATOR RECEIVED ABRASIONS TO BOTH ELBOW AND MUSCLE STIFFNESS AND SORENESS, OPERATOR WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL FOR TEST AND ABSERVATION TO ENSURE THERE WERE NO SERIOUS IN

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