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June 23, 1997 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY

Shelburne Limestone Corp · Struck by flying object

AFTER CHANGING STEEL DRILL ROD, EE STARTED THE DRILL. STEEL FRAGMENT FLEW FROM COUPLING AND PENETRATED HIS ABDOMEN.

May 17, 1995 VT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY

Shelburne Limestone Corp · Flash burns (welding)

HE WAS WELDING INSIDE A BIN SO HE COULD REBUILD IT. HE HAD HIS WELDING MASK ON. BEING A RESTRAINED SPACE AND BY CHECKING HIS WORK THE ARC HIT THE WALL CAUSING THE FLASH. BURN CORNEAL. THE RT O NE MORE SEVERE.

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