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Scoped to Norman L Cochran

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July 19, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Tri-County Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A PIPE WRENCH TRYING TO TURN CRUSHER SHAFT BACKWARDS. PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND RAN INTO CORNER OF CRUSHER HITTING RIGHT SIDE OF FACE ABOVE EYE.

October 21, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Tri-County Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS POUNDING AN OVERSIZE ROCK IN THE PRIMARYCRUSHER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HAMMER HIT THE CORNER OF THE CRUSHER AND CAME BACK HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE.

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