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273,193
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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August 1, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Rainbow Quarries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON TIRE, HEARD A BANG, NEXT THING HE REALIZED HE WAS LYING ON GROUND APPROX5 FT AWAY FROM TIRE.

August 1, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Rainbow Quarries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SITTING ON TIRE WHEN TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING EE TO CATAPULT APPROX. 5' FROM TIRE.

August 1, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Rainbow Quarries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

3 EES WERE REPAIRING EUCLID TIRE WHEN THE LOCK RING GAVE OUT CAUSING THE TIRE TO JUMPE OFF THE GROUND CAUSING INJURY TO ALL 3 EES.

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