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January 30, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Feikert Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS UNDER A TRUCK WITH I.NAME TRYING TO PUT A TRANSMISSION IN A TRUCK. TRANSMISSION WAS RAISED ON THE JACK. SOMETHING BUMPED THE JACK VALVE. HE HAD HIS HAND IN THE JACK WHERE IT SCISSORS. T HE JACK AND TRANSMISSION CAME DOWN, HIS HAND WAS PINCHED IN JACK. HE YELLS TO I.NAME TO PUT JACK ACK UP. I.NAME PUT JACK BACK UP. HE PULLED HAND OUT. WE TOOK HIM TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS AND TR

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