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January 10, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Southern Ready Mix Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SOMETIME DURING THE DAY SOMETHING GOT INTO ONE EYE AND LEFT A SCRATCH ON HIS EYE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING JAN.11, 1990. HE GOT OUT OF BED AND HIS EYE WAS HURTI NG AND IT HAD SWOLLEN UP REAL BAD. THE MAN CAME TO WORK AND THEN WENT TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

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