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1983–2026
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October 17, 1998 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colored Slate Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES HE WAS SPLITTING A SLATE BLOCK WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP. INSTEAD OF HITTING CHIESEL, EE STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER.

May 21, 1996 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colored Slate Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO MOVE STONE DOWN ROLLS WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE NOSE.

July 12, 1995 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Colored Slate Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HIT HIS HAND TWICE WITH HAMMER THEREFORE CAUSING ABRASION WHICH BROUGHT ON LUMPHANGITIAS TO INDEX FINGER.

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