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September 7, 1999 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Snake River Quartzite · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS NAILING PALLETS TOGETHER AND WHILE MOVING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER, HE BUMPED HIS FOOT WITH THE NAIL GUN AND FIRED ONE NAIL IN HIS FOOT ALONG SIDE GRAZING THE FOOT.

July 2, 1998 ID · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY

Snake River Quartzite · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE LABOR WAS SPLITTING A STONE WHEN IT BROKE IN HALF AND ONE HALF OF THE STONE SMASHED HIS ELLEFT MIDDLE FINGER

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