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1983–2026
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October 10, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Michigan Silica Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A MOVABLE CONVEYOR AND THE SIDE OF A BOX CAR.

October 7, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Louisiana Industrial Sand Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL RESTACKING3SAND ON ORE SIDE OF PAD.RAISED LOADED BUCKET TO DUMP IN RESTACK PILE WHEN BUCKET FELL.THIS CAUSED EMPL TO BE THROWN FORWARD INTO DASHBOARD WITH LEFT KNEE.

June 10, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Michigan Silica Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS DRIVING 3-WHEELER UP INCLINE ROAD LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WENT INTO DITCH ALCOHOL WAS DETECTED ON EES BREATH..

April 19, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Texas Industrial Minerals Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING HIS TRACTOR-TRAILER COMBINATION HEADED NO.BOUND WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HEADED SO.BOUND VEERED INTO NO.BOUND LANE RAMMING TRACTOR-TRAILER HEAD ON EMPLOYEE (DRIVER) WAS INJURE D BY HIS HEAD STRIKING WINDSHIELD CAUSING TWO SERIOUS LACERATIONS TO HIS RT FOREHEAD & SKULL DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING SEATBELTS PROVIDED

June 26, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Silica Company · Struck against a moving object
June 24, 1983 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Texas Industrial Minerals Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLLERS ON MAST ON FORKLIFT STUCK IN UP POSITION AND EMPLOYEE REACHED IN THROUGH THE MAST AND PUSHED THE RAM FORWARD AND THE FORKS FELL PINNIN

April 26, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Silica Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS ON A TRUCK WHEN THE POWER CURVE TOOK OFF BY ITSELF IN FORWARD POSITION

March 1, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Michigan Silica Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT FOREIGN BODY ENTERED HIS EYE WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELD AT THE T IME.

January 11, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Silica Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A BAG WAS HUNG UP ON CONVEYOR BELT EMPLOYEE REACHED AROUND GUARD DIDNT TURN OFF BELT & TRIED TO FREE BAG, HIS HAND WAS PULLED INTO HEAD PULLEY & HE PULLED IT OUT

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