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3,112
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1983–2026
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July 2, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING A TAIL WHEEL ON A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN TAILWHEEL SLIPPED OUT OF BEARING AND PINCHED FINGER.

September 25, 1999 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A SECTION OF DAMAGED RAIL, A PIPE FELL AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF HIS FACE, CAUSING A CUT ABOUT 2" LONG.

November 17, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A KEEPER PIN INTO A TOOTH ONA LOADER, WHEN A PIECE OF THE PIN BROKE OFF ANDHIT HIM IN THE NECK/THROAT.

May 28, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Western Mobile Southern Inc · Contact with heat

HOT WEATHER.

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