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273,193
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2000–2026
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April 30, 2012 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckhorn Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was using a wrench to tighten a bolt on a Hitachi excavator and the wrench slipped off and hit him in the lip.

June 17, 2008 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Buckhorn Materials LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Plant operator was cutting a piece of skirt board rubber with a knife. The knife came out of the rubber and cut his thumb. Knife sliced the top of his thumb requiring minor surgery to repair the tendon.

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