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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 14, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Frontier Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS BENDING OVER AT THE WAIST USING A SEVEN INCH GRINDER CLEANING A PIECE OF STEEL. THE GRINDER CAUGHT A PIECE OF SLAG ON THE STEEL AND JUMPED BACK AT HIM HITTING HIS SHIN JUST BELOW H IS LEFT KNEE.

June 6, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Frontier Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND HELD POWER GRINDER, GRINDING ON A NEW SUPPORT LEG ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NEW PRIMARY, OVER HIS HEAD. A SMALL FLAKE OF METAL FELL DOWN BEHIND HIS GLASSES AND INTO HI S RIGHT EYE.

February 5, 1990 NY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Frontier Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

THE INJURED WAS LYING ON HIS LEFT SIDE USING THE OXY-ACY TORCH TO CUT OFF A SUPPORT TO A SCREEN DECK. WHNE HE PUT THE TORCH TO THE SUPPORT TO START CUTTING, THE MATERIAL POPPED AND A PIECE OF IT FLEW OVER HIS GLASSES INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

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