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March 4, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHEN THE TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE WAS RIDING IN THE BACK OF STOPPED HE ASSUMED THEY WERE UNLOADING HE STOOD UP TO UNLOAD & THE TRUCK MOVED FORWARRD THROWING THE EMPLOYEE OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK EM PLOYEE SUSTAINED A HAIRLINE FRACTURE OF HIS LEFTARM & ELBOW

May 25, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JERKED BACK ON ONE OF THE SUDDEN MOVES OF LOADER.

November 20, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER WHEN HE RAN INTO A CONVEYOR BELT HURTING HIS LEFT CHEST WALL.

January 24, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Fall from machine

DRIVER WAS DRIVING DOWN RAMP TOWARD LEVEL TOO FAST FOR CONDITINS WHEN HE SAW A DOZER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAMP. HE PANICKED AND THREW THE TRUCK IN NUETRAL STALLING IT AND THEREFORE LOST CONTR OL OF BRAKES ND STEERING. DRIVER JUMPED OUT LEFT SIDE INTO VERY ROCKY ROUGH TERRAINE.

October 12, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOADING THE BODY OF THE UKE LARGE ROCK FELL IN THE BODY JOLTING THE UKE

June 1, 1987 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck against a moving object

DRIVER BACKED T2O CLOSE TO BANK AND TRUCK TOPPLED OVER.

March 30, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3INJURY TO HIS NECK AND SHOULDER DUE TO THE POWER STEERING FAILING ON HIS TRUCK WHICH HAD ONLY OCCURED THAT SAME MORNING OF MON. 03-30-87.

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