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July 3, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Resource Recovery Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A CUSTOMERS TRUCK ARRIED FOR OFF-LOADING A PAD LOCK HAD BEEN PLACED ON THE LOCKING CAP & THE DRIVER DID NOT HAVE A KEY INJURED OBTAINED A SET OF BOLT CUTTERS TO REMOVE THE LOCK AS THE SHANK WA S CUT A PROJECTILE SHATTERED THE LENS OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES THE EYE-BALL WAS NOT INJURED & GLASS PARTICLES WERE FLUSHED FROM AROUND THE EYE

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