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1983–2026
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September 18, 1997 ID · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Recovery I Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING A 777 TRUCK DOWN THE HAUL ROAD WHEN A SPIDER BIT HIM ON HIS LEFT ELBOW. HE SLAPPED IT OFF HIS ELBOW AND THEN THREW IT. HIS ARM STARTED TO SWELL, SO HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOS PITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. HE SAID HE WAS THERE WITHIN 1 1/2 TO 2 HOURS AFTER BEING BITTEN BY THE SPIDER.

March 6, 1996 ID · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Recovery I Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS OPERATING A 992 LOADER, HE PARKED THE LOADER, GOT OUT OF THE CAB, WALKED AROUND THE CAB TO THE RT SIDE OF THE CAB. HE FELT DIZZY AND BLACKED OUT FALLING OFF OF THE CATWALK TO THE GROUND . MEDICAL TEST SHOWED REASON FOR BLACKING OUT WAS LOW BLOOD PRESSURE. INVESTIGATION FOUND NO TRIPPING OR SLIPPING HAZARDS . ALL HAND RAILS IN PALCE.

January 2, 1996 ID · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Recovery I Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AGGRAVATION OF EXISTING CONDITION. REPORTED SLIGHT BACK PAIN 1-2-96. WENT TO DOCTOR 1-29-96. MRI SHOWED BULGING DISC IN LOWER BACK.

October 11, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Recovery I Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

NO DESCRIPTION

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