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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 22, 2001 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilger Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CREW WAS HOOKING UP LARGE HOSE TO BARGE. HOSE SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER. EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HIS SHOULDER WAS JUST BRUISED BUT IT STARTED BOTHERING HIM MORE SO HE WENT TO DR ON 3/7/01.

July 17, 1997 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilger Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STOOPED OVER TO PICK UP PIECE OF PLYWOOD & HIS HIP "WENT OUT"

January 31, 1994 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilger Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPING TO MOVE AND TURN A PONTOON THAT WS BEING BUILT INT HE SHOP. WOOD BLOCKS WERE PLACED BENEATH THE PONTOON SO IN CASE OF SLIPPAGE THE BLOCKS WOULD CATCH THE PONTOON. BUT TH E EMPLOYEE TOOK HOLD ABOVE ONE OF THE BLOCKS & PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN TE BLOCK THE POTOON. HE CAUGHT THE VERY EDGE OF HIS FINGER PULLED THE FINGERNAIL. SKIN OFF.

January 11, 1991 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pilger Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS HELPING WITH SOME ROUTINE MAINTENANCE REPAIRS IN SHOP AND DROPPED A PIECE OF IRON ON HIS FOOT A SMALL BONE WAS BROKEN IN HIS FOOT.

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