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Years on record: 1983–2026
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April 16, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Purdy Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS PICKING 6P THE BRAKE DRUM AND HUB WHILE REPAIRING A TRUCK AND HIS LOWER BACK WAS INJURED.

October 14, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Purdy Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

I WAS WORKING ON THE PLANT A STONE STUCK IN JAW CRUSHER CHUTE I REACHED IN TO UNPLUG CHUTE WHEN ROCK CAME DOWN AND HIT MY HAND LEFT WHICH BRUISED IT

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