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May 15, 1996 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS BACKING THE TRUCK UP AND THE STOP BLOCK GAVE AWAY. THE TRUCK BACKED INTO THE HOPPER.

May 2, 1991 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Blain Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

WORKING ON LOADER DIGGING OUT A BANK WHEN THE BANK CAVED IN AND HIT THE LOADER THREWING HIM UP AND HITTING THE TOP OF THE LOADER.

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