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July 10, 2006 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alaska Interstate Construction, LLC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting shrubbery with a machete; subsequently the machete hit a rock and bounced off of the rock and struck his (r) leg causing a laceration. The laceration was cleaned and 4 stitches were required to close the wound. He was given anti-biotics and revisted the PA in the morning. The dressing was changed and he was released to work.

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