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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 29, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Lancaster Stone Inc · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME BUILDING UP ROLLS ON CRUSHER WITH AUTOMATIC WELDING MACHINE OUTDOORS.SUN WAS SHINING AND HE DIDNT NOTICE HE WAS CATCHING FLASH FROM WELDING MACHINE.HAD DARK GLASSES ON AND WAS WORKING U NDER MACHINE MOST OF TIME UNAWARE HE WAS BURNING HIS EYES.

July 16, 1986 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Lancaster Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A LIMB GOT HUNG3UP IN THE JAW OF THE BREAKER & HE COULDNT PULL IT OUT ALONE I.NAME CAME OVER TO HELP HIM TUG ON IT & I.NAME WAS BEHIND HIM & AS THE LIMB PULLED FREE IT STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH & KNOCKED HIS T9ETH OUT

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