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September 20, 1983 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Enserch Exploration Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING INSULATION FROM PIPE WHEN KNIFE BECAME STUCK.WHEN HE PULLED KNIFE IT CAME OUT AT AN ANGLE AND DEGREE OF SPEED HE COULD NOT CONTROL.KNIFE ENTERED RIGHT KNEE JUST BELOW PATELLA CAUSING P UNCTURE WOUND.

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