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1983–2026
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October 9, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal hoistman, hoist operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Nuclear Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO LIFT AND LOAD TWO TEN FOOT SECTIONS OF DITCH LAUNDER THE LAUNDER WAS RUSTED TOGETHER AND WOULD NOT PART DURING THE COURSE OF THIS LABOR THE EMPLOYEE FELT A PULL IN THE ABDOMEN 3

July 22, 1984 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Nuclear Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ANY CHUNKS OF MATERIAL WHICH WAS IMPEADING ORE FLOW IN THE FINE ORE BIN. AS SHE REMOVED LOCKING PIN FROM THE DOOR SHE SISNT ANTICIPATE THE WEIGHT OF THE DOOR WHICH CAM N SMASHING HER FINGER ON THE CONVYEOR BELT FRAME

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