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273,193
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2000–2026
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June 25, 2008 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W R Grace & Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was using mitre saw to dimnsion 2x4 lumber, lumber vibrated against blade, pinching left middle finger between guard and wood, cut/fracture, tip of finger.

June 26, 2002 SC · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W R Grace & Co. · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EE CHANGE BUCKET TEETH ON TRACK HOE 52B. 4 OF THE 6 TEETH CAME OFF WITH SOME EFFORT, THE LAST 2 WERE NOT COMING OFF EVEN WITH A LOT OF EFFORT, FOLLOWING PROPER MAINT PROCEDURES OF USING A HAMMER TO STRIKE THE TOOTHTO FREE THE PIN WAS USED. FRAGMENT FLEW OFF FROM THE TOOTH SOME DISTANCE FROM THE HAMMER STRIKE EE IN HIS LEFT THIGH.

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