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Years on record
1983–2026
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January 24, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colwell Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

METAL IN RIGHT EYE - EMPLOYEE WAS NOT SURE WHERE IT CAME FROM.

April 28, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colwell Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMMP. WAS PUTING PUMP ON ASPHAULT SPREADER.

February 3, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colwell Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING FROM UNDER THE CRSUHER BELTS AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST.

February 17, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colwell Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING DECELATOR PEDAL ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

February 26, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colwell Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE EMPLOYEE 4AS CLEANING UP SCRAP METAL, HE LIFTED A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS FINGERS MASHING THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS ON LEFT HAND

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