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September 12, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
H & H Stone Company · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I.NAME STATED HE WAS POISNED FROM THE NITRATE IN A BLAST WE PUT OFF. AUSTIN POWDER CO. OF BLOUNTUILLE, TENN.-MAN IN CHARGE OF SHOT. HE SAID HE WAS HOME AROUND 6:30 P.M. TO 7:O\CLOCK WHEN HE G OT SICK.

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