RETORTING MERCURY FROM AN AMALGAMATION TEST IN A 1 PINT RETORT. CONDENSER TUBE PLUGGED, PUT PRESSURE ON RETORT BOWL AND BLEW A SEAL SPRAYING HIM WITH MERCURY CLOUD. HE WAS WASHED DOWN AND TAKE N TO THE HOSPITAL IN HAWTHORNE AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO WASHOE MEDICAL IN RENO. RESPIRATOR WAS BEING WORN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
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August 3, 1989
NV · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Blackhawk · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Blackhawk · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
MUCKER OPERATOR HIT THE BACK WELD BROKE CANOPY VCAME LOOSE HIT HAND CAUSING BAD BRUISE.
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