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Years on record: 1983–2026
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December 12, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

G S Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING ON LADDER ON PLANT & PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT LEG.

August 27, 1993 NC · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

G S Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS CHANGING BEARING ON TOP OF STACKER. WHILE LIFTING GEAR BOX TO REPLACE BEARING, GEAR BOX SLIPPED AND CAUGHT THUMB AGAINST THE SHAFT.

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