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Years on record: 2000–2026
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Scoped to David W Ronyak

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September 14, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY

Blue Stone Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS WELDING HE SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON SOME BOLTS HE GOT A FLASH THAT BOUNDED OFF HIS GLASSES. WHEN HE GOT HOME THAT EVENING HIS EYES WERE BOTHERI NG HIM SO HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL DIAGNOSIS: ULTRAVIOLET KERENTITIS

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