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December 14, 2009 ID · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crescent Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE Fell of ladder landing on pallet of drill core with some landing on his chest . While getting up he reached up and knocked a bottle of HCL onto the floor, some splashing on his clothes. While pulling shirt off he got traces of acid on his face and nose and eyes and got burned. EE was transported to the hospital.

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