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May 18, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Diamond Stone Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WATERING CR6SHER FEEDER. I.NAME WAS BREAKING UP A ROCK WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. WHEN THE HEAD OF THE SLEDGE HAMMER CAME OFF, ITY WENT DOWN INTO JAW CRUSHER. JAW CRUSHER THREW IT BACK OUT HITTI NG HIM ON THE H5ND.

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