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1983–2026
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October 18, 2004 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fletcher Granite Co LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER, HIS LEFT HAND SCRAPED AGAINST A STONE.

May 13, 1999 MA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fletcher Granite Co LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HAMMERING IN WOODEN WEDGES ON THE BOTTOM OF A STONE. HER HAND THAT WAS HOLDING THE HAMMER HANDLE HIT ON HER KNUCKLE BETWEEN A WEDGE THAT WAS ALREADY TIGHT.

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