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May 11, 2006 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Melville Ready Mix Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On 5/11/06 at approx 9:30am, EE was checking the jaw while in operation. EE got above the jaw opening to check the check plate. A rock fragment shot up thru the guard and went into his left eye. On 5/17/06, the eye doctor removed a foreign object from his eye.

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