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1983–2026
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May 16, 1995 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Admin Para el Desarrollo Empresas Agropecuarias · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GOING TO TIE UP THE CHANNEL OF THE CONVEYOR FROM THE ROOF. THROUGH THE MATERIAL STOREHOUSE WITH TENSOR CABLE. THIS CABLE WAS ALREADY TIED TO A COLUMN. WHEN HE GOT READY TO UNTIE THE CABLE IT BROKE AND FELL ON HIS LEFT EYELID.

January 30, 1984 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Adm De Servicios Y Desarrollo Agrpecuario · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHEN HE WAS PICKING UP THE SACK, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN AT HIS WAIST.

January 24, 1984 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Adm De Servicios Y Desarrollo Agrpecuario · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ADJUSTING CLUTCH OF MACHINE BAND PINCHED AND HURT 4TH FINGER LEFT HAND.

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