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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 10, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Trager Stone - Trager Quarries Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PRYBAR TO CLOSE DOOR ON THE SCREENING PLANT. PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIT FINGERS ON LEFT HAND. BROKE INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

September 8, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Trager Stone - Trager Quarries Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS REMVOING A ROCK STUCK IN TAIL PULLEY OF TRANSFER CONVEYOR BY PRYING ON ROCK WITH A BAR WHILE ANOTHER EE HIT ROCK WITH A HAMMER, HIS BAR SLIPPED, HE FELL BACKWARDS TO THE GROUND AND THE BAR CAME IN REST ON HIS LEG.

August 5, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Trager Stone - Trager Quarries Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON THE PLANT. A CABLE RATCHET CAME LOOSE AND HIT HIM IN THE CHEEK AREA, RESULTING IN CUTS AND BRUISES. HE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT OF 15 TO 20 STITCHES.

October 27, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Trager Stone - Trager Quarries Company · Struck by flying object

CHANGING CARRIER BEARING ON UKE AND INTERBEARING RACE WDS SEIQED UP ON THE DRIVE SHAFT USED HAMMER TO BEAT OFF AND A PIECE OF HAMMER CHIPPED OFF AND EMBEDDED IN HIS CHEST.

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