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2000–2026
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August 11, 2020 MN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Strata Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee cut the right index finger with a grinder while attempting to clean up workspace. Employee failed to unplug the grinder and hit the trigger when they picked it up.

October 19, 2005 MN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Strata Corp · Struck by flying object

Injured employee was walking by an area where other employees were doing a belt splice. A metal fragment flew out from the ginding and entered the injured employee's eye.

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