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July 26, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vetter Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIGHT THUMB WAS LACERATED BY A BURR OFMETAL THAT CAME OFF GANG SAW HITCH REQUIRED TWO SUTURES.

September 14, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vetter Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER BRUISED HIS RT ELBOW AFTER HIS STEEL BAR SLIPPED OUT FROM A GROUF OF SLABS

March 18, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vetter Stone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WORKER WAS PRYING A PIECE OF WOOD FROZEN TO THE GROUND WITH A BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND WORKER FELL TO THE GROUND.

January 10, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vetter Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT TOP OF LEFT AHND WITH A HAMMER AND CUT OPEN SKIN.

August 15, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vetter Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER TWISTED LEFT KNEE WHILE SHOVELING THUS POSSIBLY MALADJUSTING A METAL PIN WHICH WAS INSERTED DURING A PREVIOUS SURGERY.NOTE: WORKER INJURED SAME KNEE ONE DAY PRIOR TO THIS INJURY,OFF JOB NOTE:WORKER HAD SURGERY ON THIS KNEE ONE TO TWO YEARS AGO.

August 10, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vetter Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

THE WORKER WAS PRYING TWO STEEL TRACKS APART WITH A STEEL BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING WORKER TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO ONE OF THE TRACKS THUS BRUISING THE LOWER BACK MUSCLE.

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