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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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April 23, 1996 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Struck by falling object

EE WAS IN AN AREA UP NEAR PLANT & A ROCK FELL ONHIS FOOT.

March 23, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRANE OPERATOR WHO IS NOT AN EE OF OURS AS WE WERE HIRING HIS TEMP. SEVICES DIRECTED OUR EE WHO WAS INJURED TO STAND WHERE HE WAS WHEN HE INJURED. OUR EE FELL DOWN 3-5 FT ONTO A METAL GRATE. H E WAS BRUISED INTERNALLY POSSIABLY BREAKING AFEWRIBS. HE INJURED HIS CHEST AND HIP DURING THE FALL.

July 28, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME WAS BEND3NG STEEL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER ABOUT 5FT IN BACK OF THE WELDER HE LOOKED AT THE WELDER WITHOUT GLASSES OR HELMET HE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE WELDING

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