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1983–2026
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February 11, 1997 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J R Hale Contracting Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LABORER WAS TOLD TO TIE BACK THE DOOR ON PRIMARYWHILE TRYING TO GET ROCK OUT. EITHER THE DOOR WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED OR WIRE BROKE CAUSING DOOR TO COME DOWN & STRIKE INJURED ON THE READ.

April 20, 1995 NM · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J R Hale Contracting Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED & ANOTHER EE WERE MOVING THE DIVERTER BOX. THE OTHER EE LET GO FIRST & THE WIEGHT CAUSED INJURED TO DISLOCATE HIS SHOULDER.

January 12, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J R Hale Contracting Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIFTING A STEEL PLATE APPROX WEIGHT LESS THAN 100 LBS WHEN HE PICKED IT UP HE TWISTED HIS BACK

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