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273,193
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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December 6, 2000 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colored Slate Products Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PUSHING SLATE BLOCKS DOWN ROLLER CONVEYOR WHEN A COWORKER ATTEMPTED TO ASSIST HIM. COWORKER TURNED POWER ROLLERS ON TO ADVANCE BLOCKS INTO MILL OPERASTION. INJURED EE WRONGLY USED FREE SPINNING ROLLERS AS A MEANS TO STABILIZE HIMSELF TO PUSH BLOCKS DOWN CONVEYORS. HIS HAND WAS PINCHED BY A BLOCK ENTERING SAWING AREA.

August 25, 2000 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Colored Slate Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A ROOFING SHINGLE WHILE PALLETIZING WHEN IT BROKE AND PENETRATED HIS GLOVE CAUSING A LACERATION.

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