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1983–2026
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September 22, 1993 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
A H Smith Associates Limited Partnership · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE GOT WELD FLASH REFLECTION OFF OF SURROUNDING SHINY METAL.

August 12, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
A H Smith Associates Limited Partnership · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WELDING TWO PANELS ABOVE 3 FT CRUSHER-PANEL RELEASED STRIKING EMPLOYEE IN LOWER RIGHT BACK.

March 22, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
A H Smith Associates Limited Partnership · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

PANTS LEG CAUGHT IN PUMP COUPLING WHILE ATTEMPTING PUMP MOTOR REPAIR PULL I NAME INTO AND UNDER MACHINERY BOTH LEG CUT

December 21, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
A H Smith Associates Limited Partnership · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS RIGGING SECTION OF CONVEYOR FROM HAUL TRUCK AS ONE SECTION WAS HOOKED UP IT SHIFTED TO REA & CAUGHT & TWISTED HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSING AN ANKLE BREAK LOAD WAS N OT CHAINED DOWN AT TIME O

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