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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 15, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frank Brothers Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

MATERIAL WAS STUCK INT HE SCREEN ADN HE WRENCHED HIS BACK HWILE HE WAS HAMMERING TO REMOV IT. HE WILL HAVE TO BE OFF WORK FOR AT LEAST ONE WEEK.

September 2, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frank Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS USING CROW BAR TO REMOVE A PIECE OF RECYCLE BLACKTOP FRM BENEATH JAW CRUSHER THE BAR SLIPPED FROM BLACKTOP TO MOVEABLE JAW DIE AND PINCHED BAR AND HAND TO FRAME OF CRUSHER RESULTING IN CUT TO RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND THREE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED

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