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Years on record
1983–2026
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September 15, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Nikolaus & Nikolaus Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A CRUSHER AND RECEIVED AN ARC BURN IN HIS LEFT EYE FROM WELDING.

December 2, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Nikolaus & Nikolaus Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING &A PIECE OF SLAG BURNED HIS INDEX FINGER

May 28, 1991 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nikolaus & Nikolaus Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PUTTING AIR IN THE CRANE TIRE WHEN THE RING THAT SEALS THE TIRE STRETCHED AND PINCHED HIS FINGER.

January 10, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nikolaus & Nikolaus Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING ALL DDAY THE FLASH FROM WELDER BURNED EYES.

June 23, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Nikolaus & Nikolaus Inc · Struck by flying object

SKIP WAS WELDING ON THE CRUSHER. PIECE OF SLAG FLEW UP AND INTO HIS EYE.

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