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March 27, 1997 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON REPLACEMENT OF CRUSHER JAW & WAS WAITING FOR EE OPERATING CRANE TO MOVE ROCK BOX. THE CRANE WAS LIFTING THE ROCK BOX WHEN ROCK BOX GOT HUNG UP AND WAS SPRUNG-LOOSE. THE ROCK BOX RAMMED INTO EE & PUSHED HIM INTO RAILING

May 14, 1996 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WELDING UNDER JAW CRUSHER [CONFINDED AREA]

December 14, 1995 NV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lopke Granite Products Inc · Struck by flying object

AFTER FINISHING A WELD HE LIFTED UP HIS PROTECTIVE HOOD WHILE STANDING NEXT TO ANOTHER WELDER WORKING, THEN HE WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE BY A PIECE OF SLAG METAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.

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