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April 17, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blum Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS LIFTING A BLOCK OF WOOD WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN THAT KEPT GETTING WORSE

October 28, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blum Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON CONVEYOR

August 23, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Blum Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING V BELTS ON HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN STIKE AND PIECE OF ANGLE IRON.

July 13, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Blum Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCREEN WAS REPLACED OVER JAW.

June 27, 1988 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blum Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FRACTURE FINGER ROCK BE MORE CAREFUL.

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