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2000–2026
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June 1, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
South Bend Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Steam cleaning crusher, wand slipped hitting right foot, little toe.

April 13, 2004 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
South Bend Limestone Company · Struck by powered moving object

THE OPERATOR OF AN H-65 DEMAG EXCAVATOR WAS BEING DIRECTED INTO A MECHANIC'S SHED WHEN HE TRIED TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE PERSON DIRECTING HIM, THE CONTRACTOR EE. THE OPERATOR LEANED OUT OF THE OPERATOR'S CAB TO TALK TO EE WHEN THE OPERATOR'S SWING CONTROL LEVER WAS ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED, CAUSING THE MACHINE TO SWING, HITTING EE ON THE LEG.

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