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March 29, 1990 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Copar Pumice Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE INSERTING PULL PIN IN LOADER DROPPED PULL PIN AND SMASH RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN PIN HOLDER AND PIN LEAD.

July 21, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Copar Pumice Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHEN DISMOUNTING FROM LOADER AS HE STEPPED FROM LAST STEP TO GROUND & TURNED LOOSE FROM HANDRAIL AS HIS HAND PASSED BY TOP STEP HIS RING CAUGHT ON SMALL METAL PROTRUSION OF TOP STEP.

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