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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 30, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Edward E Gillen Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

POUNDING APART WALLS IN T HE CONE TUBE WE HAD A TOOTH IN FOR A WEDGE I STRUCK IT ONCE A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF FROM IT & LODGED IN RT THIGH

May 11, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Edward E Gillen Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING ABART METAL FRAME TO GET A 4X4 INTO HOLD IT APART. EE TOOK A SECOND BIT AND THE PRY BAR CAME LOOSE & STRUCK HIM IN FACE ON LEFT SIDE.

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