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September 1, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Resource Recovery Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING PLASTIC FROM DIRT PILES AS A FRONT-END LOADER WAS DUMPING. DUST IS GENERATED DURING THE PROCESS AND A FINE PARTICLE OF METAL GOT AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. EMPLOYEE DID NO T NOTICE UNTIL IRRITATION DEVELOPED OVER EXTENDED WEEKEND.

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