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273,193
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Years on record
2000–2026
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May 30, 2004 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Reclamation Group Llc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE GATHERING UP EMPTY SODIUM HYDROXIDE PELLET BAGS TO BE THROWN AWAY. A TINY PIECE OF NaOH BOUNCED UNDER SAFETY SHIELD & BURNED RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE FOGGED GLASS SHIELD, RAISED HEAD BACK TO LOOK UNDER GLASS & THE LITTLE PIECE BOUNCED & LANDED IN EYE.

August 28, 2002 AK · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Reclamation Group Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRAGGING A FUEL HOSE AND ATTACHING IT TO THE DISCHARGE FITTING ON A DC-6 AIRPLANE DELIVERING FUEL TO THE MINE. HE HAD UNLOADED SEVERAL PLANE LOADS OF FUEL DURING THE DAY. AT THE END OF THE DAY HIS LOWER BACK HURT.

February 20, 2001 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Reclamation Group Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTS(AFTER THE FACT) THAT HIS RT HAND WAS POKED BY AN IRON RAIL. LEFT CAMP ON VACATION THAT AFTERNOON. HAND GOT INFECTED AND REQUIRED LANCING ON 2-26-01. EE DID NOT RECOGNIZE ANYTHING SE RIOUS ENOUGH TO REPORT.

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