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1983–2026
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August 31, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE AND THEN HAD A REACTION

May 20, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING INTO THE SCRAPER, THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT, AND IT SLAMMED ON HIS RIGHT HAND. HE BROKE HIS RIGHT HAND.

February 13, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

TENDONITITS IN RIGHT ELBOW AND LEFT WRIST.

December 20, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

BURNING TRASH WITH PLASTIC IN IT. THE WIND CAUGHT THE PLASTIC JUST RIGHT AND SENT IT FLYING THREW THE AIR. IT BLEW ON HIS NECK AND BURNT HIM.

June 18, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor OTHER
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

REPAIRING AGGREGATE PLANT AND SAMLL PIECES OF STEEL WERE BLOWN INTO EYE BY VERY HIGH WINDS.

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