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October 20, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sky Scientific Mining & Processing Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE MILL WAS JAMMED WITH ROCK. WHILE TRYING TO UNPLUG THE MILL, THE ROD SLIPPED AND HIT THE IMPACT BLADES. THIS CAUSED THE BAR TO SLAM THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND AGAINST THE MILL. NO DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE MILL, BUT THE THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED RIGHT SECOND METACARPAL HEAD AVULSION FRACTURE WITHOUT DISLOCATION.

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