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1983–2026
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December 12, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Deschutes Ready-Mix Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CHANING THE BAR ON DRIVE HAMMER. CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN WRENCH AND METAL PLATE ON DRILL. CUT THUMB AND BROKE BONE REQUIRING SURGICAL TREATMENT.

May 17, 1989 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Deschutes Ready-Mix Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE HE WAS TIGHTENING A SCREEN,RAIL BOLT,THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE HIT ANOTHER BOLT WITH HIS WRIST CUTTING HIS WRIST.

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