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739,207
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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 28, 1986 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against a moving object

LOWERING LOADED3BUCKET ON FRONT END LOADER,MACHINE TIPPED FORWARD ON BUCKET LIFTING REAR WHEELS OFF THE GROUND.LOADER FELL BACK ON ITS WHEELS WHEN OPERATOR TRIED TO RIGHT THE MACHINE.OPERATOR WAS THROWN AGA3NST STEERING WHEEL AND SEAT.

June 15, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS WATERING ROADWAY TO SUOPPRESS DUST WHEN THE WATER WAGON JUMPED OUT OG GEAR WITH A FULL LOAD OF WATER. EE THEN USED THE BRAKES BUT THEY ALSO FAILED TO S TOP THE WATER WAGON. EE THEN TR IED TO SLOW THE UNIT DOWN BY RIDING THE SIDEWALL OF THE ROADWAY EDGE BUT THE TIRE CLIMBED THE WALL CAUSING THE FRONT OF THE WATER WAGON TO FLIP OVER.

April 25, 1983 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against a moving object

DROVE TRUCK OFF EMBANKMENT-LUMBO SACRAL STRAIN-OVERALL SORENESS.

April 15, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEES WERE PUTTING A RETURN TRAINING ROLLER ON THE CONVEYOR WHEN ONE END SLIPPED OFF THE FRAME CAUSING EXCESS FORCE FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE ROLLER WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE BELT. THE FORCE PUL LED THE EMPLOYEES ARM DOWN & THREW IT AGAINST THE CONVEYOR FRAME & THE ROLLER CAUSING THE INJURY.

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