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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 20, 1985 CO · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator MACHINERY
General Refractories Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME CUTTING TABLE IN HALF WHEN HE CUT THROUGH IT FELL TOGETHER PINCHING AND CUTTING RIGHT HAND LITTLE FINGER REQ 5 STITCHES.

April 25, 1984 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
General Refractories Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE I.NAME WAS GETTING READY TO TIGHTEN LOOSE BOLTS ON ELECT MOTOR ON TOP OF DUST COLLECTOR. HE WAS STANDING PARELLEL TO BELTS & SLEEVE. IT HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN BUT WAS STILL FREE TURNING HE L AID HIS RIGHT HAND ON BELT PULLING IT BETWEEN SLEEVE & BELT AMPUTATING END OF RING FINGER BREAKING CENTER FINGER 2 TIMES AND BRUISING INDEX FINGER

March 8, 1983 CO · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator MACHINERY
General Refractories Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MC CLEARY WAS USING ROTARY DRILL TO DRILL 3/4" HOLE 4" DEEP IN EAST SIDE OF CLAY STORAGE BEN TO PUT UP HOOKS FOR SKIP CAR DUST POOR, MR. MC CLEARY WAS IN ABOUT 3 1/2" INCHES DRILL CAUGHT ON S OMETHING FLIPPING CAUSING DRILL TO HIT RIGHT HAND BREAKING BONE BEHIND RING FINGER.

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