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Years on record: 1983–2026
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June 20, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Eugene Morgan & Son Excavating · Struck by flying object

FINISHED LOADING CRUSHER WITH 744 LOADER AND PARKED THE LOADER TO GO HOME FOR THE DAY. WHILE GETTING OUT OF. THE LOADER A GUST OF WIND BLEW UP DIRT AND DEBRIS WHICH WENT INTO RIGHT EYE. CAUSIN G CORNEAL ABRASION HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES

May 19, 1997 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Eugene Morgan & Son Excavating · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SYMPTOMS OF HEART ATTACK WHILE FUELING EQUIPMENT. EMP TOLD FOREMAN THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS HAVINGA HEART ATTACK.

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