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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 13, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS ASSITING ANOTHER EMPL ROLL DISCH BOOK OVER TO WELD ON IT. BOX ABOUT 3'X3'X1'-1 1/2 STEEL. OVERHEAD CRANE AVAIL & NOT USED. EMPL FELT CALF OF LEG POP & COULD BARELY WALK.

October 17, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phoenix Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING 74TD EUCLID IN THE PIT. ANOTHER OPERATOR NOTICED OIL COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE EMPLOYEE'S ENGINE, AND MOTIONED TO HIM TO CHECK HIS TRUCK. EMPLOYEE STUCK HIS HEAD OUT O

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