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1983–2026
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June 10, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DUMPING WASTE MATERIAL, EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND WAS INJURED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO HANDLES. INITIAL FIRST AID PROVED INSUFFICIENT AS INFECTION RESULTED.

October 28, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS CLEA3ING WINDOWS ON LOADER. WHILE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON BATTERY UNDER DRIVER SEAT. LOADER WAS RUNNING AND BEGAN TO FREELY TURN CATCHING HIS FOOT AT PINCH POINT OF LOADER.

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