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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 19, 1984 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Circle-Raia · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CRANK HANDLE AND BODY OF TRUCK WHILE UNTARPING THE LOAD, BBOLT CUT LEFT SMALL FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

June 2, 1984 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Circle-Raia · Fall from machine

SITTING ON BELT, CUTTING HOSE WITH KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED, CUT LEG. JUMPED FROM CONVEYOR AND INJURED BACK. BACK INJURY NOTIFIED ON TUESDAY JUNE 5, 1984.

May 16, 1984 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Circle-Raia · Struck by flying object

REMOVING BROKEN WHEEL STUD W/ENY OUT AND A HAMMER AND ADJUST WRENCH EG YOUR FALL OUT ASST TAPPED WITH HAMMER PIECE OF FOREIGN MATTER FLEW INTO EYE.

June 7, 1983 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Blue Circle-Raia · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING CHUTE OF CONCRETE MIXER WHEN PICK HE WAS USING SLID INTO BARREL OF MIXR & CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

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