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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 25, 1999 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
L & W Quarries, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE STATES UPPER BACK/NECK STIFF AND SORE. STATES THAT OPERATING DOZER CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. EE TOOK DAY OFF AND CONSULTED DR. AND PHYSICIAL THERAPIST. DR. SAYS HE HAS UPPER BACK AND NECK (CERVI CAL) STRAIN.

September 11, 1998 IA · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
L & W Quarries, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPOSITIONING DRILL STEEL, LEFT HADN GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE CENTRALIZER AND IT CLAMPED SHUT ON HAND. RIGHT HAND WAS ON CENTRALIZER CONTROL. LEFT HADN BROKEN AND WAS PUT IN A CAST.

October 17, 1995 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
L & W Quarries, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER GOT AWAY FROM PUSH CAT.SCRAPER STOPPED AND PUSH CAT HIT BACK OF SCRAPER.

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