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Years on record: 1983–2026
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September 20, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY

H & H Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS TOLD TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY BUT INSTEAD PUT HIS HAND ON THIS BOLT TO STEADY SO CRUSHER WOULD SLIP DOWN ON BOLT,CONE DROPPED DOWN SUDDENLY CAUSING INJURY.

June 27, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY

H & H Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING AIR TRACK DRILL TO DRILL STONE AT WORK REACHED TO TIGHTEN DRILL WHEN LEFT 5TH FINGER WAS PULLED INTO DRILL

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