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August 2, 2007 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kings Mountain Mining LLC · Struck by falling object

Lifted end of shaft on a grinder and the weight dropped and cut left hand's index & middle fingers. Taken to ER and stitches were required to close the wound.

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