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January 9, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Jackie Foster, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEATING DRUM ON3CRUSHER WITH BOTTLE GAS TORCH TO REMOVE MOISTURE BUILD-UP HAND CAUGHT IN DRUM AREA RESULTING IN INJURY TO RT HAND BASICALLY THUMB POINTER MIDDLE FINGER THE 3 FINGERNAILS REMOV ED 9 SUTURES AN8 SOME MUSCLES CRUSHED

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