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1983–2026
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November 10, 1999 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S. T. Wooten Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND ANOTHER MECHANIC WERE INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC HOIST ON A TRACK BACKHOE. THEY HAD ATTACHED THE HOIST AT THE TOP BUT WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE BOTTOM. THEY BOTH REACHED FOR A HAMMER THI NKING THE OTHER WAS HOLDING THE HOIST. THE HOIST MOVED AND STRUCK THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

June 11, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S. T. Wooten Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING NEXT TO DRAGLINE BUCKET HE WAS HELPING DRAGLINE OPERATOR. CHANGE. THE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TOSET THE CABLE WEDGE INTHE CLEVIS BY PULLING ON IT. WHEN THE OPERATOR PULLED ON THE CLEVIS, THE CABLE CAME OUT & STRUCK THE INJURED EE ON THE UPPER LIP.

July 21, 1994 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S. T. Wooten Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYE WAS PUSHING ON SCREEN T O LINE IT UP & FELT SHARP PAINS IN HIS BACK

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