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May 15, 1984 WA · Metal/Non-Metal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Industrial Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A SHOT IN THE TOP DECK OF THE QUARRY ON ITS ENTERING EDGE AT 10 20 AM RESULTED IN A ROCK BEING THROWN INTO THE AIR AND CLEARING THE GREENBELT TRAVELING APPROX 800 FTO BEFORE STRIKING AND AD ADJACENT LANDOWNER IN THE LEFT ARM AN OPEN WOUND AND SHATTERED BONE RESULTED FROM WHAT I KNOW AT TIME OF THIS REPORT THE FRACTURE WAS PINNED AND I NAME IS AT VALLEY GEN HOSPITAL IN MONROE THIS

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