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November 21, 2001 VT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY

Big Bear Slate Company · Struck against stationary object

SLATE BROKE AND HAND WENT INTO TRIMMING MACHINE BROKE 3 FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER AND RING FINGER HAD TO HAVE PINS PUT IN.

February 1, 2000 VT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY

South Poultney Slate Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS PUTTING OIL IN BACKHOE WHEN HOOD FELL AND HIT HIM ON BACK OF HEAD PUSHING HIS FACE INTO MOTOR - BROKE NOSE.

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