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Years on record
1983–2026
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December 29, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING RAIL OVER, BAR SLIPPED WRENCHING BACK AND BR HIT HIM ON LEFT COLLARBONE.

November 29, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING SPIKE INTO TIE WITH AXE, MISSED HITTING LEFT THUMB CAUSING FRACTURE OF TIP OF LEFT THUMB.

October 12, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING DOWN MUCK HANGUP IN CHUTE, PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER, CAUSING FRACTURE OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.

September 1, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOEE WAS DUMPING CAR WITH A BAR AND W AS HIT IN THE RIBS, CAUSING PAIN AND STIFFNESS. (THIS ACCIDNET WAS NONREPORTABLE AT THIS TIME, BUT ON 9-6-88 THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTOR AND WAS PUT ON LIGHT DUTY BECAUSE OF BRUISING AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN. AT THAT TIME HTIS ACCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE).

December 14, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING RAIL WI7H JACK FELT PAIN IN LOWER RIGHT RIBS.

July 15, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS MU7KING INTO A 5 TON MUCK CAR WITH HIS PARTNER WHEN MUD SPLASHED INTO HIS RT EYE CAUSING INFLAMATION OF OUTER SIDE OF RT EYEBA

June 22, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal trackman, track worker, track gang HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING TRACK 8PIKES WITH A SPIKE BAR. SPIKE CMAE LOOSE SUDDENLY PINCHING EES MIDDLE LEFT HAND FINGER BETWEEN THE RAIL & THE BAR. MASHED FINGER.

April 26, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BA9RING DOWN USING A SCALING BAR.BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE NEAR THE RIGHT EYE,CUTTING FACE.

March 20, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING SAMPLES3WITH A GEOLOGIST S PARK WHEN A PICK WHEN A ROCK SPLINTER ENTERED RIGHT EYE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

November 4, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Camp Bird Venture · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING STEEL H3TCH IN WITH HAMMER HAMMER SLIPPED OFF O F HITCH HITTING EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT THUMB.

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