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1983–2026
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July 22, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
DQA · Struck against a moving object

EMPL STATES THAT BOUNCING MOTION OF TRUCK CAUSED BACK PAIN.

August 3, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
DQA · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS HA6LING CRUSHED ROCK TO FEED STOCKPILE AND BACKED TOO CLOSE TO EDGE OF PILE CAUSING TRUCK TO SLIDE BACKWARDS AT WHICH TIME THE OPERATOR JUMPED FROM THE CAM TO THE GROUND.NO DAMAGE TO TRUCK. 3

July 10, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
DQA · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUMULATIVE ONSE7 OF PAIN CAUSED BY TWISTING TO LOOK BEHIND HIM

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