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1983–2026
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July 24, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS CUTTING SPRAING HANGER BOLTS WHEN JACK GAVE WAY BODY OF TRAILER CAME DOWN POSITIONED HIM BETWEEN BODY & TIRE. THE MECHANIC WAS THERE TO FREE HIM FROM ANY SERIOUS INJURY. INJ SUFFERS F ROM 2-3 CRACKED RIBS.

March 3, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS MOVI3G A PIECE OF HEAVY METAL WIHT A PRY BAR HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS FOREARM

January 7, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS PRYI3G A HEAVY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT UP FOR THE MECHANIC TO WORK ON WHEN THE EQUIPMENT SLIPPED AND THE CROWBAR DROPPED ON I.NAMES FOOT

January 20, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO TAKE UNIVERSAL JOINT OUT OF TRUCK THE TOOL HE WAS USING A CROWBAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER FRACTURING IT HE DID NOT REALIZE AT THE TIME THAT HIS FINGER WAS FRACTUR ED AND DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 020783

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