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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 26, 1995 MD · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Allegany Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A SMALL PLATE IN UNDER THE DRUM OF THE CRUSHER WHEN SPARKS FROM THE CUTTING TORCH BLEW UP AGAINST THE DRUM & WENT INTO THE EMPLOYEES EAR

September 16, 1991 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Allegany Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

GOING UP INTO PIT ON NEW HOLLND WAS AT TOP OF INCLINE AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR EE DROPPED THE FRONT BUCKET AND APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKES DID NOT WORK, HAD BEEN ON PAPER WORK TURNED INTO OTHER E MPL. ABOUT A MONTH AGO / HEAD INJURY 3 STITCHES, BRUISED RIGHT LEG MUSCLE, NECK PAINS, SCRAPES ON LEFT SHOULDER.

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