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May 13, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunns Mountain Pink Granite Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SETTING HIS TAMROCK MONO DRILL GUIDE HYDRAULIC DRILLING RIG. ONE OF THE LEGS WAS SET ON TOP OF A ROCK. EMP TRIED TO PULL THE ROCK OUT AND THE LEG FELL ON HAND. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION ON LEFT HAND THIRD FINGER WHICH HAD TO BE STITCHED. FOURTH FINGER HAD A SMALL ABRASION AND SOME SWELLING.

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