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739,488
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3,112
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1983–2026
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August 20, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Limpus Quarries Inc · Contact with electrical current

95149ED WAS RUNNING A LOADER AND LOST A TOOTH,THEY SHUT PART OF THE BELTS DOWN AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP THE LADDER TO LOOK INISDE FOR THE TOOTH.THEN INJURED STARTED TO CLIMB UP THE LADD 59‚85 HAD HIS RIGHT FOOT ON THE LADDER WHEN HE WAS SHOCKED.THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF INJURY BUT HE WAS PLACED UNDER OBSERVATION.

May 16, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Limpus Quarries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MARCELIA WAS INJURED WHEN SHE JUMPED FROM THE PLATFORM OF THE CRUSHER TO THE GROUND LANDING ON THE HEELS OF HER FEET. SHE WAS OPERATING THE PLANT WHEN SHE NOTICED SOME ELECTRICALLY OPERATED . CONVEYORS SHUT OFF. THEN SHE PROCEEDED TO SHUT DOWN THE DIESEL ENGINE THAT POWERS THE CRUSHER AND GENERATOR. AS THE ENGINE SLOWED DOWN A BOLT OF ELECTRICITY SHOT OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE ELE.

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