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273,095
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2000–2026
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June 2, 2016 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was using a hand grinder with right hand to smooth out an area on a piece of metal when the grinder at some point grabbed the metal and jumped to the left nicking the middle finger of the left hand of the miner which was bracing the metal.

November 3, 2003 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Nevada Ready Mix Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING 1" PLATE DEBRIS CAME UP UNDER SAFETY GLASSES, EMBEDDING IN RIGHT EYE.

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