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1983–2026
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August 23, 1996 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Deweese Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER WAS DRIVING A MOORING STAKE WITH A POST DRIVER CAPPED WEIGHTED HEAVYWALL ROUND TUBING. HE SHIFTED HIS GRIP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER AND RAISED DRIVER ABOVE TOP OF POST CAUGHT HISLEFT PALM BETWEEN POST AND DRIVER ON THE DOWN STROKE

August 31, 1994 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Deweese Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS ADDING A SECTION OF DREDGE PIPE. THE WRENCH HE WAS USING SLIPPED FROM THE BOLT HEAD AND STRUCK HIM ON THE LEFT CHEEK, CAUSING A LACERATION.

May 8, 1993 NE · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Deweese Sand & Gravel Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVING A WHEEL BEARING USING A HAMMER TO TAP IT OFF A METAL FRAGMENT BROKEN FROM THE BEARING HOUSING BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS RT THIGH FRAGMENT PRESENCE CONFIRMED BY XRAY MEDICA L JUDGEMENT WAS TO LEAVE FRAGMENT IN PLACEMENT

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