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December 26, 2015 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Preston and Preston Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Rained earlier in the day, stone was wet. The worker used a hand grinder to scribe a line on stone. The disk shot out cutting the worker's stomach.

November 29, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Preston & Preston Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING PLASTIC UP (TO FORM A BUILDING AS PROTECTION FROM THE WIND), THE BOARD (SLABWOOD) USED TO ANCHOR THE PLASTIC TO THE BUILDING BROKE STRIKING HIS RIGHT EYE.

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