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May 25, 2021 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was breaking core with a standard rock pick when an employee next to EE was moving a box of core. As this employee moved the box of core EE inadvertently made contact with EE's arm mid-swing causing EE to miss the core and hit EE's thumb.

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