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1983–2026
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July 8, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
K R Wilson Contracting Inc · Struck against a moving object

MISSED RAMP AND STRUCK SCALE HOUSE. EMPLOYEE RAILED TO OBSERVE PROPER SPEED LIMIT.

October 20, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
K R Wilson Contracting Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT WAS A CLEAR3DAY MUD WAS CLOGGIN UP THE TAIL PULLEY EMPLOYEE WAS BETWEEN ROLL MILL FRAME AND BELT HE WAS GOING TO TRY AND CLEAN MUD FROM TAIL PULLEY EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LONG SCREW DRIVER TO SCRAPE OFF 4UD FROM PULLEY HE DOESNT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ACCIDENT HAPPENED QUICKLY HE CAUGHT EITHER HIS JACKET SLEEVE OF THE SCREW DRIVER IN TAIL PULLEY HIS ARM WAS PULLED UNDER THE TAIL PU

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