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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 18, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Taggart Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A BACK-UP WRENCH WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND BRUISED HIS RIGHT HAND.

May 13, 1995 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Taggart Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS APPLYING DRIVE BELTS TO IMPACT ON CRUSHER - USING WRENCH TO CHANGE GROOVE WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND SMASHED SMALL FINGER AGAINST THE CRUSHER FRAME AND CUT THE TIP OF THE FINGER OFF.

October 3, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Taggart Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING A HAND OPERATED BREAKER WHITH IS LEFT HAND WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE & HIS HAND PROCEEDED TO SWELL.

August 25, 1992 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R J Taggart Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

66925R WAS TAPPING STEEL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A CHIP BROKE OFF AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LOWER LIP.A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND WAS INFLICTED.

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