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Years on record
1983–2026
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January 13, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bentonite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED USING PRYBAR TO CLEAN BUILDUP IN CHUTE FEEDING ROLL CRUSHER. SMASHED HIS L. THUMB BETWEEN BAR AND LATCH ON DOOR OPENING IN CRUSHER CHUTE.

June 29, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bentonite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ON RECLAIM HOPPER, AND SMAHSED END OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN ANGLE IRON ON FRAME OF HOPPER AND HAMMR HANDLE.

July 1, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bentonite Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN AN INCLINE CHAIN WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN HEAD RESULTING IN LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.

April 18, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bentonite Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING WITH METAL IN A VISE- HAND SLIPPED OFF OF VISE. HAND- FINGER DISLOCATED.

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