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January 25, 1995 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Guy King & Sons Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS ASSISTING WELDER PUT PATCH IN BIM HE DID NOT WEAR TIMTED SAFETY GLASSES AND THE REFLECTION FROM THE WELDING ROD BURNED HIS EYES WELDING FLASH.

October 14, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Twin Lakes Quarrys Inc · Struck by flying object

CUTTING A BOLT OFF IN A DARK FEED TUNNEL WHEN SOMETHING GOT IN EYE. NO SIGHT IMPAIRMENT. DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING WAS IN HIS EYE UNTIL NIGHT OF 10-14-91. REPORTED TO OFFICE 10-17-91.

April 28, 1989 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Twin Lakes Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING DRILL & COMPRESSOR ON TRAILER-EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING RAMP TO CORRECT WIDTHAND WAS PINNED TO IT BY COMPRESSOR BEING BACKED UP TO BE LOADED ON TRAILER-COLLAPSED ARTERY IN RIGHT LEG-BADLY BRUISED.

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