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May 12, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Field Granite International Ltd · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFTING DUST COLLECTOR INTO PICKUP TRUCK WHEN GRIP SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO GRASP ALL WEIGHT ON RT ARM. RESULT PULLED MUSCLE RT ARM.

February 15, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Field Granite International Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING SKIP CHAINS OFF 992 CAT LOADER HE TOOK PIN OUT & DROPPED CHAINS TO GROUND WHEN HIS INDEX FINGER ON RT.HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN & CLEVIS SMASHING THE END OF FINGER

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