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3,112
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1983–2026
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October 20, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

CLEANING EQUIPMENT WITH HIGH PRESSURE AIR WHEN FOREIGN OBJECT BLEW INTO HIS EYE.

March 28, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY

GILL WAS ENLARGING A BOLT HOLE WITH A CHIPPING HAMMER, A CHIP OF THE CHIPPING HAMMER FLEW UP HITTING JAMES ON THE BACK OF THE HAND.

February 9, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Mineral Industrial Commodities Of America Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

2 MEN WERE CLEANING INSIDE A ROD MILL SHELL. RICHARD\S GOGGLES FOGGED UP. RICHARD RAISED HIS GOGGLES TO REMOVE MOISTURE FROM THE INSIDE SOMETHING FROM THE OTHER MAN\S CHIPPING GOT INTO RICHARD \S EYE.

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