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273,193
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2000–2026
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April 10, 2004 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valstad Quarry, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING OFF NUTS TO CHANGE JAW PLATE AROUND JAW CRUSHER. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A 5-N-1 TOOL TO LOOSEN NUTS WITH. EMPLOYEE TAPPED THE PIN ON THE 5-N-1 TOOL WITH A HAMMER TO RELEASE IT AND WHEN HE DID THE HANDLE SPUN AROUND HITTING EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF RIGHT HAND.

May 1, 2003 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valstad Quarry, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING BAR TO DISLODGE MATERIAL IN BIN AND ON RETURN SWING EMPLOYEE CAUGHT LEFT HAND BETWEEN BED OF TRUCK AND BAR.

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