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August 9, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
North Star Minerals Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BRUISES, AND CUT HIS HEAD REQUIRING STITCHES. THISHAPPENED WHEN HIS HAMMER SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS GETTING SOME METALLIC OBSTRUCITON OUT OF A CRUSHER WHILE THE PLANT WAS SHUT D OWN, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE CRUSHER PLATFORM.

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