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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 16, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Olson & Taylor Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & ANOTHER EE WERE MAKING REPAIRS TO A CONVEYOR. EE WAS USING A WRENCH & THE OTHER EE WAS USING AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH. INJ EE PLACED THE WRENCHOVER THE NUT TO BE TIGHTENED & TOLD THE OTHER GU Y TO START. WHEN THE OTHER GUY STARTED THE AIRE IMPACT WRENCH, THE WRENCH IN INJ EE'S HAND FLIPPED OUT & CUT HIM BETWEEN HIS THUMB & FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND. HE WAS TAKEN TO ER WHERE HE RECD

January 27, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Olson & Taylor Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES THAT HE WAS IN THE VAN WHERE A GRINDER WAS IN OPERATION BY ANOTHER EE. HE BELIEVES A PIECE OF METAL GOT IN HIS EYE WHILE IN THE VAN, HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING IN HIS EYE UNTIL THAT EVENING WHEN HE WAS AT HOME. HE TOLD HIS SUPERVISOR ON 1-29-99 THAT HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES. DR. REMOVED A METALLIC FOREIGN BODY OF RIGHT CORNEA.

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