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August 19, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
C W Matthews Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKINGS SCHEEMS OUT OF JAW CRUSHER. WHILETAKING SCHEEMS OUT OF CRUSHER, A HYD HOSE BURST CAUSING SWING JAW TO FALL BACK ON SCHEEMS CATCHING THUMB & FINGER ON SCHEEMS, CUTTING END OF THU MB OFF. THUMB & FINGER STRUCK BY; MOVING OBJECT.LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS ALSO CUT.

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