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May 4, 1993 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Southern Maryland Sand & Gravel Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

LEADS GOT CAUGHT WENT TO FREE THEM AND SLIPPED WHILE TORCH WAS LIT. THE TORCH SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL AGAINST HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND BURNT HIM.

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