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May 13, 1994 OK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FIRE
Oklahoma Red Granite Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

QUARRY WAS TOO WET FOR OPERATIOSN THEREFORE THE MEN WERE CLEANING UP THE WORK AREA THEY DECIDED TO BURN SOME NEWSPAPER SINCE THE PAPER WAS WET IT DID NOT SEEM TO BE BURNING EE POURED ALCOHOL I N THE BARREL ON TOP OF THE PAPERS A FLASH OF FIRE OCCURRED BURNING THE UPPER LEFT PORTION OF HIS BODY

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