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March 16, 1997 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Excalibar Minerals Inc · Struck by flying object

INDIVIDUAL WAS FILLING BAGS WITH BARITE USING ST REGIS BAGGER, WHEN A PAPER BAG BURST, CAUSING BARITE TO SPILL IN THE WORK AREA. ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE FLOW OF BARITE, INDIVIDUAL WAS SPRAYED I N THE FACE AND EYE WITH BARITE.

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