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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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December 27, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croft Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT FOREARM GETTING OUT OF LOADER FINISHED THE DAY SORE THE NEXT DAY STAYED WENT TO DR. WILL BE OFF AT LEAST UNTIL JAN 3. GOES BACK TO DR JAN 3RD.

May 11, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croft Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE THINKS HE MAY HAVE PULLED MUSCLES WHILE CHANGING SCREENS HE WAS OFF WORK 5-16-20 THE DR THOUGHT IT WAS BURSITIS HE RETURNED TO WORK 5-23-27 HE THEN TOOK OFF JUNE 2 AND HAS BEEN GONE SINCE WE WERE NOTIFIED TODAY THAT HE MAY HAVE PULLED A SERIES OF MUSCLES AT WORK

January 6, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croft Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SOMETIME DURING3THE DAY, THE WORKER GOT RUST INTO HIS EYE. IT STARTED TO BOTHER HIM THAT NIGHT, HOWEVER WE ARE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN IT HAPPENED. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR, NO PERMANENT DAMAGE, TH E RUST WAS REMO5ED.

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