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April 15, 1998 WY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fuller Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED WAS RAKING CLINKERS OUT OF COAL FIRED HOT WATER GENERATOR. HER RAKE GOT STUCK . SHE GAVE IT A STRONG ULL HER LITTLE FINGER WAS OVER THE END OF THE RAKE HANDLE. SHE SMASHED HER FING ER BETWEEN THE END OF THE HANDLE AND THE I BEAM BEHIND HER.

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