Kaiser Worker Hurts Hands In Accident

Mon., Jan. 4, 1999

From Staff Reports

A salaried worker who was working on an aluminum coating line at Kaiser’s Trentwood plant seriously injured both hands in an accident at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

The man, who was not identified by Kaiser officials, was taken to a local hospital, then transferred to Seattle for surgery. He was in serious but stable condition on Sunday, a Kaiser spokesperson said.

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