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Years on record
1983–2026
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August 22, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aspect Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD JUST EMPTIED METAL DUMP HOPPER. AFTER DUMPING, THE HOPPER HAS TO BE SNAPPED BACK INTO LOCK POSITION. EE DID NOT USE BOTH HANDS ON TOP OF HOPPER TO CLOSE THE LATCH, HE ROCKED THE HOPPER BACK ONTO HIS RIGHT HAND. DR CORT AT SPRUCE PINE HOPSITAL CLEANED WOUND AND PUT STITCHES IN FIRST TWO FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND.

May 12, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aspect Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STARTED TO MOVE A PIECE OF 6" PIPE APPROX. 10' LONG. WHEN THE PIPE MOVED, IT MASHED THE TIP OF HIS FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

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