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1983–2026
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May 20, 1992 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Material Energy Research & Recovery Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING CHANGE ROOM, PICKUP GLOVES OFF FLOOR AND PUT THEM ON. SCORPION WAS IN GLOVE, STUNG EMPLOYEE ON.

June 14, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING A WALDON FRONT END LOADER,CLEANING UP DIRT IN SCREENING PLANT,THE WIND BLEW SOME DIRT OFF OF THE FRAME OF THE SCRENING MACHINE HE WAS GOING UNDER,DIRT WENT IN AROUND THE SAFETY GLASSES HE WAS WEARING AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE HE WASHED OUT HIS EYE RIGHT THEN,IT STARTED HURTING THE NEXT DAY AND HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTERNOON JUNE 15,1988.

April 9, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Quality Aggregate Company · Struck by flying object

THE EE WAS CLEA3ING UP AROUND THE CRUSHERS/SCREENS WITH A WALDON #5000 FRONT END LOADER 3/4 YARD BUCKET.THE WIND WAS BLOWING & HE GOT SOME AIR-BORNE DUST/SAND IN HIS LEFT EYE.

February 4, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Rocky Mountain Energy · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS BENDING3OVER WORKING ON A MOTOR THAT CIRCULATES HYDRAULIC OIL ON U NIT #516 WHILE BENDING OVER EMPLOYEE GOT A MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS BACK

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