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February 24, 1998 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kinross Candelaria Mining Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN A JACK AND THE PRESS FRAME WHEN PLACING THE JACK INTO POSITION. IT IS AN AWKWARD WORKING POSITION. EE S RESULTING INJURY WAS A FRACTURED THUMB WITH MINOR ABRASION A ND SWELLING.

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