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August 19, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dix River Stone Inc · Struck against stationary object

STRAIGHTENING BELTS ON CONE CRUSHER. WAS BENT OVER. HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF. WHEN HE RAISED UP HE HIT HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF METAL.

October 10, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dix River Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TWO PEOPLE WERE LIFTING CROSS TIE IT WAS DROPPED PINNING ARMS TO PIECE OF METAL WHICH IN TURN BRUISED ARM.

August 1, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dix River Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROCK WAS HUNG IN TAILGATE OF DUMP TRUCK. PULLED TAILGATE OUT & FAILED TO TURN LOOSE WHEN TAILGATE CAME BACK.

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