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Years on record
1983–2026
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February 6, 1993 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Saxton Falls Sand & Gravel Co. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING HOT SPARK FLEW UP AND BURNED LEFT LEG WHICH LATER BECAME INFECTED NECESSITATING EE LOSING TIME FROM WORK.

April 8, 1991 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Saxton Falls Sand & Gravel Co. · Struck by flying object

WHILE GRAINDING OFF A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG,DUST AND SLAG FLEW INTO EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE.

January 27, 1987 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Saxton Falls Sand & Gravel Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING CHUTE WITH GRINDER, GRINDER SLIPPED FROM HIS WET,GLOVED HANDS AND HIT HIS RIGHT LEG, MAKING A CUT WHICH REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.

October 18, 1986 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Saxton Falls Sand & Gravel Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING 8OWN A PIECE OF METAL INT HE SHOP A FLINT STRUCK I.NAME OIN THE RIGHT EYE EVEN WHILE WEARING HIS PROTECTIVE EYE WEAR.

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