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Years on record
1983–2026
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February 5, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Small's Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPENING UP CRUSHER LEANED OVER TO GRAB CONTROLS TO OPEN IT, LEANED OVER TO DUCK FROM FALLING GRAVEL, AN PUSHED CONTROL TO CLOSED POSITION BY MISTAKE NOT REALIZING HAND WAS IN WAY.

August 25, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Small's Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

85194 ODD RATTLING NOISE-DIDNT SHUT OFF PLANT.WENT TO CHECK WHAT NOISE WAS ON SHAKER. SHIELD COVER PLATE FLEW OFF AND HIT EMPL IN FACE KNOCKING EMPL TO THE GROUND.

August 3, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Small's Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING DOZER AT PIT-WAS TRYING TO UNHOOK SAFETY LATCH HAD HAND LAYING ON DECK OF TRAILER AND DOZER ROLLED FORWARD ON RIGHT HAND-LOST 1/2 LITTLE FINGER BROKE ALL BONES IN HAND EXCEPT THUMB.

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