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October 5, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meridian Gold Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DURING A MINOR MAINT. ROUTINE TO DIS-ASSEMBLE AN AUTO-SAMPLER, EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CRESCENT WRENCH TO LOOSEN A BOLT WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY RUSTED. WHEN THE BOLT CAME LOOSE UN-EXPECT-TANTLY THE EM PLOYEES HAND SLIPPED AND HE PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE SAMPLER FRAME, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE FIFITH DIGIT AND A SIMPLE FRACTURE TO THE SAME FINGETIP.

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