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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 2, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anderson Brothers & Johnson Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHIPPING ST2NE FORM A LARGE BLOCK USING A LARGE HAMMER & CHISEL WHEN HE HIT HIS INDEX FINGER ON T HE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE STONE & HAMMER AHNDLE CUTTING IT VERY DEEPLY.

October 30, 1986 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anderson Brothers & Johnson Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SEPARATING TWO 3STONES WITH A STEEL BAR WHEN HIS SLIPPED OFF THE BAR, HIS HAND HIT HIM IN THE SAFETY GLASSES WHICH BRUISED HIS LEFT EYE.

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