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April 4, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

Virginia Black Granite Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IT WAS A SUNNY DAY. EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE WORKING ON THE DRILL. ONE ROD STUCK AND EE TRIED TO USE A PIPE WRENCH TO BREAK IT LOOSE. OTHER EE CUT THE AIR ON. THE WRENCH FLEW BACK WHILE EE WAS S TILL HOLDING ONTO THE WRENCH AND MASHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE DRILL.

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