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September 24, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

W W & W B Gardner Inc · Struck against stationary object

SLIPPED WHILE BREAKING ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT 1ST KNUCKLE OF RIGHT HAND.

August 31, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

W W & W B Gardner Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNJAMMING ROCKS2SMASHED MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS.STITCHES NEEDED IN MIDDLE FINGER.

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