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April 23, 2015 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Willits Company Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee was in the process of repairing the idle crusher brake. He was in the process of drilling the bolts out of the crusher brake. He was wearing safety glasses but some metal shavings fell into his right eye. He left work to be treated by an eye doctor

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