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May 26, 2005 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
B & R Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ARGUING WITH THE SHOP FOREMAN. THE FOREMAN THREW AN EMPTY GREASE GUN ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY FROM EE. WITNESSES CLAIM EE HAD GREASY HANDS AND A GREASE RAG WHICH HE WIPED HIS EYES WITH. SINCE THERE WAS A REFRIGERATOR BETWEEN EE AND THE GREASE GUN, THERE IS NO WAY GREASE SPLATTERED ON EE FROM THE GREASE GUN.

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