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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 3, 1996 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Grove Stone & Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEARING BRUSH ALONG HAUL ROAD AND WHILE CUTTING A TREE, THE CHAINSAW KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIS KNEE.

September 21, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Grove Stone & Sand Company · Flash burns (welding)

AIR ARC ELDCTRODE FELL AGAINST LOADER ARM & FLASHED OFF CAUSING FLASH BURRS TO THE INDIVIDUALS EYES THIS WAS DONE WHILE INDIVIDUAL WAS SLAGGING OUT THE CRACK

December 30, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Grove Stone & Sand Company · Struck against a moving object

VICTIM HAS AN U5CER ON HIS FOOT THAT WAS STIMULATED BY HIS DIABETIC CONDITION. VICTIM SAID HE MIGHT HAVE BUMPED HIS HEEL WHILE OPERATING THE DOZER WHICH COULD HAVE INTIATED THE SITUATION.

September 27, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager MACHINERY
Grove Stone & Sand Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS MARKING HOLES ON A MOTOR TO DRILL FOR MOUNTING ON ELECTRICAL BOX HE WAS IN A KNEELING POSITION & FELL A BACK PAIN AS HE WAS STRAIGHTENING UP INTO THE STANDING POSITION

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