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739,488
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3,112
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1983–2026
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September 15, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING INGERSOL RAND JACK HAMMER WHILE HOLDING HOLES IN BOLTERS. WHILE DOING SO HE FELTBACK PAIN

November 24, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEPTING TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK WHICH WAS LODGED IN CRUSHER OPENING. FOLLOWING PAST PRACTICE, A HOOK WAS LOWERED BY CRANE INTO CRUSHER WITH IDEA OF HOOKING ROCK AND BY LIFTING, WOULD R OLL ROCK INTO POSITION THAT IT WOULD FALL INTO CRUSHER AND BE CRUSHED. HOOK SLIPPED FROM ROCK WHILE BEING LIFTED BY CRANE, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT ARM ABOVE THE WRIST.

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