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September 11, 2002 CA · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Industrial Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROLL LOCK NUT FROM MILL JOURNAL USING A DOUBLE JACK AND PUNCH/ WEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF METAL STUCK IN THE BONE OF THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB.

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