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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 18, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT PIPE WITH AIR HOSE HIT AIR HOSE VALVE, LOST CONTROL OF HOSE & INJURED LEFT CALF.

January 22, 1997 TN · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE THE OPERATOR OF A 245 CAT HOE WITH A TERMENTOR TX300 ROCK BREAKER ATTACHMENT WAS BREAKING ROCK IN THE PIT A LONG SLIVER OF ROCK BROKE OFF, PIERCING THE PLEXIGLASS SAFETY GLASSES. STRIKIN G THE OPERATOR ON THE RIGHT EAR.

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