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August 5, 1998 WY · Coal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey OTHER
Fuller Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS UNLOADING BOOSTERS FROM A TRUCK MAGAZINE WHEN HE CUT HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE MAGAZINE DOOR. HE WENT TO THE DR & RECEIVED STITCHES, & WAS THEN RELEASED TO WORK. THE DOOR WAS BLOWN AGAINS T HIS ARM BY THE WIND, & THE EDGE OF THE DOOR WAS UNROUNDED AND SHARP.

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