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June 30, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kitsap Reclamation & Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

The employee was cutting a steel plate when the cut end fell on his left foot. He told the head mechanic he told the owner, who then told injured to go to the doctor as the steel had punctured the skin. injured filled a L&I report. On the report, injured said that head mechanic was a witness, but he did not witness the accident.

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