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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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December 28, 2000 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Concrete Nor'West · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CUTTING A PLATE. PIECE FELL OFF OF PLATE, AT THE CUT, AND SWUNG WRONG WAY. PIECE FELL ON SHIN AND REQUIRED STITCHES.

June 9, 1999 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Concrete Nor'west · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A GRINDER WAS BEING OPERATED UPSIDE DOWN, GRINDING UNDER A FLANGE. EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED AND HIS THUMB WENT INTO GRINDING WHEEL.

May 21, 1996 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Concrete Nor'West · Struck by falling object

EE WAS BENT OVER SHOVELING OVERFLOW GRAVEL FROM SCREEN PLANT WHEN A 3 OR 4 LB ROCK TOOK A BAD HOP & FELL ONTO HIS LOWER BACK.

June 1, 1992 WA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Concrete Nor'West · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PINNING STEEL SMASHED FINGER (INDEX) BETWEEN STEEL & JACK STAND

June 24, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Concrete Nor'West · Struck by flying object

EE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF PIPE, WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FLEW UNDER THE SAFETY GLASSES HITTING HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

December 9, 1989 WA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Concrete Nor'West · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WASHING OUT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK BY A ROCK FROM THE CONE CRUSHER.

August 3, 1987 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Concrete Nor'West · Struck by falling object

ROCK FE 3 ROCK FELL FROM 7RUSHER.

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