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July 21, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Genesis Mining & Milling · Fall down stairs

WHILE GRINDING METAL, SPARKS WERE NOT DIRECTED AWAY FROM EMPLOYEE'S BODY. DOCTOR'S REPORT STATES EYE WAS SWABBED WITH Q-TIP, EMPLOYEE STATED HE USED TWEEZERS TO REMOVE PARTICLE. WEAR SAFETY SHIELD OVER SAFETY GLASSES WHIL GRINDING. THIS REPORT BEING SENT DUE TO PART 50 AUDIT.

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