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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 18, 1983 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
New Jersey Zinc Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ASST TRAMMER BY CHANGING TRACK SWITCH AND SIGNALED TRAMMER TO PROCEED.BUT EMPL WAS IN BAD LOCATION AND FORCED AGAINST RIB OF DRIFT BY ORE CAR.

March 15, 1983 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
New Jersey Zinc Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO RERAIL A FLAT CAR AND THE FLAT CAR SHIFTED CAUSING THE MAN TO PINCH HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE FLAT CAR AND THE RIB OF THE DRIFT.

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