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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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December 20, 1999 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nephi Sandstone Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTED THAT HE SLAMMED THE TAILGATE ON DUMPTRAILER TO CLEAN OUT MATERIAL FROM TRAILER BED. EE FELT A WARM SENSATION IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER EE WAS UNCERTAIN WHETHER HE HAD STRETCHED HIS SH OULDER OR JAMMED HIS SHOULDER. HE THOUGHT A MUSCLE HAD BEEN PULLED LATER INTO EE'S SHIFT HE WAS DISMOUNTING A WHEELLOADER & HIS SHOULDER POPPED OUT OF SOCKET & THEN WENT BACK INTO SOCKET

September 18, 1992 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nephi Sandstone Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS WORKING IN SHOP AREA REBUILDING A DIFFERENCIAL LEFT HAND WAS INSIDE HOUSING REMOVING GEAR FROM SHAFT GEAR SLIPPED AND PINCED FINGER JURKED HAND FROM HOSUING AND HIT ON SHARP EDGE C AUSING INJURY. ACCIDENT DID NOT INVOLVE LACK COMPLICNE WITH REGULATIONS NO MINE EQUIP WAS USED MINE WAS SKILLED AND PROFICINT WITH REGARD TO TRANING NO PROTECTIVE ITEMS WOULD HAVE REDUCED THE

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