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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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January 12, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Michigan Gypsum Company · Flash burns (welding)

WELDERS FLASH FROM TWO CONSECTIVES DAYS OF WELDING PLUS STEEL PIECE REMOVED FROM THE LEFT EYE.

July 28, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Michigan Gypsum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DROPPED A COUPLING IN DRILL HOLE DRILL WAS NOT ROTATING TOOK LEFT HAND AND REACHED DOWN IN HOLE TO GET THE HOOK UP THE COU ING WHEN HE STARTED THE ROTATION HIS L HAND GLOV E ON IT GOT CAUGHT ON THE STEEL AND WRAPPED GLOVE AND HIS HAND AROUND IT TORE GLOVE AND MIDDLE FINGER AND RING FINGER OF L HAND MIDDLE FINGER WAS AMPUTATED RING FINGER REATTACHED

April 25, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Michigan Gypsum Company · Struck by flying object

MCCOMB NOTICED HE HAD A LOW TIRE ON HIS LOADER WHILE LOADING QUARRY ROCK HE BROUGHT THE LOADER TO THE YARD AND PUT IT IN THE SHOP TO AIR THE TIRE WHILE AIRING THE TIRE THE LOCK RING BLEW OFF STRIKING MR MCCOMB

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