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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 20, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & C Marble Company Inc · Struck by flying object

SELECTING WHITE3BLDG STONE.TRYING TO BREAK ROCK TO BLDG STONE SIZE-12''. STRUCK ROCK WITH SLEDGEHAMMER CHUNK ABOUT SIZE OF APPLE FLEW OFF AND STRUCK HIM ON RIGHT SHIN BONE BELOW KNEE CAUSING S MALL LACERATION3& SWELLING.

January 7, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M & C Marble Company Inc · Struck by flying object

2 MEN WERE BREA5ING ROCK WITH 1I LB SLEDGEHAMMERS BOTH MEN WERE APPROX 10 FT APART ONE MAN STRUCK ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER A SMALL CHIP OF ROCK FLEW AND STRUCK THE OTHER MAN ON RT SIDE OF CHIN

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