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Years on record: 1983–2026
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November 24, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Tri-Con Materials, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CRUSHING GRAVEL AND A LARGE ROCK DROPPED ON HIS RIGHT FOREFINGER.

January 20, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY

Tri-Con Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JAW CRUSHER OPER STANDING NEAR GUARD RAIL AT TOP OF JAW WHEN HARD ROUND ROCK ENTERED CRUSHING CHAMBE.BECAUSE OF HARD,SMOOTH NATURE OF ROCK IT WAS FORCED UPWARD STRIKING OPER LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND SEVERING END OF FINGER.

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