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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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October 27, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
E Dillon & Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS WRIST WHILE DUSTING BELTLINE. HE CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND BELT.

January 30, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
E Dillon & Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS BACK WHILE OPERATING A LOADER HE SAID HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE STARTED TO GET UP FROM THE LOADER SEAT

September 4, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
E Dillon & Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY INJURED HIS ARM WHILE KNOCKING MUD OFF THE ROLLER WITH A BALL PIN HAMMER,WHENTHE HAMMER GOT CAUGHT AND PULLED HIM INTO THE ROLLER.

February 2, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
E Dillon & Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING AT RAIL SIDING LOADING RAIL CARS WHEN HE JUMPED ONTO MOVING R A IL CAR PULLING JOINT LOOSE IN LEFT SHOULDER

May 21, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
E Dillon & Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMP WAS WORKING3AT RAIL SITE LOADING RR CARS HE WAS ON SIDE OF RR CAR DROPPING IT DOWN TO BE LOADED THE RAIL CAR BUMPED WITH ANOTHER CAR THUS CAUSING INJURY FROM IMPACT

April 2, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal shaft repair, skip tender, station tender POWERED HAULAGE
E Dillon & Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING WITH A FORKLIFT WHEN BOOM QUIT OPERATING. HE GOT OUT OF FORKLIFT TO CHECK HYDRAULIC FLUID. WHILE STANDING BESIDE FORKLIFT, HE STARTED ENGINE. THE FORKLIFT DRIFTED BACKWAR DS RUNNING OVER3RIGHT FOOT.

October 14, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
E Dillon & Company · Struck by falling object

PIECE OF STEEL FELL FROM HAUL TRUCK AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD REQUIRED TEN STITCHES

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