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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 30, 1996 VT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
J K L Slate Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING IN THE PIT, GOT UP ON THE TRUCK--THREW THE JACK HAMMER ONTO THE GROUND (HE STATED HE THREW THE HAMMER ON THE GROUND), APIECE OF SLATE FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN HIS LEFT EYE.

April 7, 1993 VT · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
J K L Slate Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS DRILLING A PIECE OF STONE WHEN A STONE FELL FROM ABOVE HIM STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT SHOULDER EE WAS TOLD TO CLEAN SURFACE OFF ABOVE HIM AND DID NOT DO AS HE WAS TOLD.

March 9, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
J K L Slate Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ARM OF MACHINE CAME DOWN ON EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND.

August 21, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
J K L Slate Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH HIS BALANCE FROM DROPPING A SLATE CHIP AND HIS HAND WENT INTO HIS TRIMMING MACHINE CUTTING TWO OF HIS FINGERS.

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