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September 13, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FIRE

Thorson Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE GOT ON TOP OF THE HOT MIX PLANT & ATTEMPTED TO WELD SOMETHING & TOOK LID OFF & HE THEN REACHED DOWN TO CLOSE LID AGAIN SHIRT CAUGHT FIRE. HE JUMPED DOWN INJURING FOOT & DISLOCATING TOES. WI TNESS GRABBED HIS SHIRT & RIPPED IT OFF.

July 16, 2002 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Thorson Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT WAS A DAMP DAY & INJURED WAS KNEELING IN THE WATER FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

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