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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 25, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tommer Construction Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS DRIVING PULLEY ON FEEDER MOTOR USING SLEDGE HAMMER AND BLOCK OF WOOD, I WAS HOLDING BLOCK OF WOOD, OTHER WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER, BLOCK OF WOOD BUSTED AND SMASHED MY FINGER.

October 12, 1988 WA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tommer Construction Co Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

PUSHED UP TIMBER TONGUE AND THEY SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER IN A SCISSOR ACTION.

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