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April 29, 1983 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

Mineral Industrial Commodities Of America Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS LIGHTING A GAS STOVE THE STOVE WAS FILLED WITH GAS AND HE THOUGHT HE COULD LIGHT IT HE THROUGH A LIGHTED MATCH INTO THE STOVE AND TEN IT BLEW OUT AT HIM BURNING HIS LEFT HAND

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