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September 29, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
L Garcia Saavedra Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING THE CRUSHER, THE OPERATOR WAS USING A PRYING BAR TO EASE A BOULDER INTO THE CRUSHERS JAW AND THE BAR SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND IMPACTED HIM ON THE NOSE. THE EE WAS TAKEN TO TH E HOSPITAL.

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