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October 9, 2020 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gordon Stone Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The Miner, while working at chopper station #2, was shaping the rock and smashed EE's finger dismembering the tip of it.

September 15, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gordon Stone Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner struck their own hand with hand maul, cutting finger, transverse fracture through the distal tuft of the distal phalanx of the thumb. Patient can return to work when they feel well enough to do so.

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