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March 29, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Childs & Childs Granite Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING BLACK POWDER TO MAKE A BLOCK LIFT. BLACK PREMATURELY IGNITED CAUSING AN EXPLOSION. AS A RESULT OF THE EXPLOSION EE RECEIVED LACERATIONS TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND KNEE.

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