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January 11, 2010 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Copper World, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Driving a "T" post into the ground with a 12lb pounder, the pounder came off the post smashing the left thumb between post and the pounder.

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