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Years on record
1983–2026
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May 29, 1995 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Canarico Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING THE OUTSIDE OF CORAFIL WITH MACHETE. WHILE HE WAS WORKING WITH THE MACHETE HE HIT A PIECE OF IRON AND THE MACHETE SLIPPED, CUT HIS LEFT HAND FINGER AND THEY HAD TO TAKE TWO STITCHES.

October 22, 1994 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Canarico Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING THE TRACK CHAIN OF A BULLDOZER. THE BELT WHICH WAS HOLDING THE WHEEL CHAIN BROKE. THE COME-ALONG HANGER SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD.

May 10, 1994 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Canarico Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING OUT A UNIVERSAL JOINT FROM A DRIVE SHAFT WITH A HAMMER, SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND THUMB.

October 29, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Canarico Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GETTING READY TO LIFT POLE THAT CLOSES THE LID ON TRUCK PINCHED FINGERS WITH CONTROL LEVER AN D WALL OF BOX

February 7, 1989 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Canarico Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ONE STONE GOT STUCK IN THE CRUSHER AND WHEN HE TRIED TO GET IN THE OUT, HE HIT HIS LITTLE FINGER WITH THE HAMMER.

November 20, 1986 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Canarico Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

USING LIFTING E0UIPMENT TO FREE JAMMED CRUSHER THE HOOK PINCHED FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND AGAAINST ROCK.

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