GRINDING CLUTCH LEVER TO PUT NOTCH IN SO IT COULD BE WELDED. GRINDING DISK BROKE AS EMPLOYEE WAS COMING TO EDGE TO MATERIAL. DISK CAUGHT ON EDGE OF MATERIAL AND JERKED GRINDER FROM HAND, THEN DISK CAME BACK ON HAND LACARATION OF LEFT HAND AND THUMB GOT 1/4" GAP ON BACK OF LEFT THUMB ALL THE WAY TO BONE AND TOOK PIECE OF BONE. PIECES OF DISK STUCK IN NECK AND STOMACH.
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K R Wilson Contracting Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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