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1983–2026
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March 18, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Chemstone Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

GAYCO FEED CHUTE PULGGED UP - MATERIAL BACKED UP & WHEN THERE WAS ENOUGH PRESSURE, SCREW OPENED UP & MATERIAL SPILLED OUT ONTO EE.

July 19, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Chemstone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING DUCTS AT THE ROTARY KILN WHEN THEY REACHED THE MIDDLE DUCT IT HAS NECESSARY TO CHANGE TO A LONGER ROD ON WATER GUN. WHEN THEY PULLED TRIGGER ON THE HIGH PRESSURE GUN IT KICKED BACK AN D HIT THE RIGHT SHOULDER.

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