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273,095
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2000–2026
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September 24, 2021 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vibrantz Minerals LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Operator cleaning out discharge chute on rotary drier when operator stumbled and right arm went into wheelbarrow of hot material filling glove and burning rt. hand. First aid administered at plant, transported to ER and later admitted into hospital.

June 7, 2012 DE · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vibrantz Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stripping scrap copper wire with a razor knife. The knife slipped and cut his left wrist. The laceration was repaired with sutures.

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