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March 14, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Eagle Crushed Stone-Div/Davon Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SOMETIME DURING THE DAY EMPLOYEE GOT A PIECE OF STELL FROM GRINDING OR WELDING. HE DIDN'T NOTICE THE PROBLEM UNTIL HE WENT HOME AND SHUT HIS EYES TO SLEEP. WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES WHEN WELDING.

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