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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 15, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Chandler'S Palos Verdes Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UN2APPY WITH THE WAY A CONVEYOR BELT WAS TRACKING.HE REMOVED ALL SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND GUARDS AND ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST IDLER WHILE EQUIPMENT WAS RUNNING.WRENCH SLIPPED OFF IDLER INT O BELT AND PULL9D HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM BETWEEN IDLER AND CONVEYOR BELT.EMPLOYEE PULLED HIS ARM FREE AND SUPERVISOR RUSHED HIM TO EMERGENCY HOSPITAL-BROKEN AND INDEX FINGER.

December 10, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Chandler'S Palos Verdes Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING SAND ON TO SHORT INCLINED CONVEYOR AND BELT LACING CAUGHT SHOVEL AND JERKED SHOVEL FROM HIM THE INDEX FINGER ON RT HAND WAS MASHED BETWEEN SHOVEL HANDLE AND END OF TROUGHING ROLLER O N CONVEYOR CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION OF FINGER

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