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July 5, 2022 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
GRP Pan LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured employee was cutting a plastic cable tie with a knife. As the knife cut the tie, the downward pressure caused the knife to move across the employee's leg causing a laceration.

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