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Years on record: 1983–2026
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May 4, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Reliance Quarry Limited Partnership · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

RELEASING STOPPED UP AREA IN CRUSHER ROCK SLIPPED MIASHING MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND BETWEEN ROCK & HAMMER RECEIVED 2 SUTURES & SPLINT AT HOSPITAL

October 18, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Reliance Quarry Limited Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING BOLT ON MACHINE,WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT TOOTH CAUSING TOOTH TO GET LOOSE.IT HAD TO BE REMOVED & REPLACED WITH FALSE TOOTHE.

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