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Years on record
1983–2026
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July 21, 1998 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Unimin Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEARING A DRILL SITE. HE WAS USING THE EXCAVATOR TO MOVE A DOWN TREE ON A STEEP BANK ABOVE. THE FAR END OF THE TREE BECAME LOGED CAUSING THE ROOT BALL TO HIT THE EXCAVATOR CAB.

June 7, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Unimin Corp · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME & I.NAME HAD BEEN WORKING DOWN IN BETWEEN TWO LARGE WOODEN CLAY STORAGE T ANKS INSTALLING HANDRAILS & CATWALKS SINCE START OF THEIR SHIFT AT 700AM AREA IS SOMEWHAT CONFINED & I.NAME DID NOT REALIZE THAT ARC FROM WELDER WAS REFLECTINGOFF OF SURROUNDING STRUCTURES ENOUGH TO BOTHER HIS EYES

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