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Years on record
1983–2026
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October 13, 1999 AL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Contractors Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS LOOSENING RADIATOR CAP ON LOADER. PRESSURE UNDER THE CAP BLEW BACK INTO HIS FACE CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF OF THE LOADER. HE LANDED ON HIS LEG.

March 14, 1996 AL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Contractors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WRAPPING A CHAIN AROUND A BLOW PIPE AND HIS ELBOW WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIPE AND THE BOAT.

March 14, 1996 AL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Contractors Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PICKED UP A HOSE APPROC 8" X 6', AND STRAINED HIS RIBS.

December 6, 1994 AL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Contractors Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS MOUNTING A STEEL PLATE ONTO A METAL PIPE. RUST CAME OFF OF THE PIPE AND FELL INTO HIS EYE.

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