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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 12, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper POWERED HAULAGE
Pasco Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

I.NAME SAW DIRT3ON TAIL PULLY OF DRYER HOPPER.HE DECIDED TO CLEAN IT OFF WITH BELT RUNNING.HE HAD ON RAINCOAT WHEN HE PUT HIS ARM INTO CATCH DIRT,HE WAS WATCHING HAND BUT NOT SLEEVE OF COAT.TH E BELT PULLED I3 SLEEVE AND THEN HIS ARM.

March 8, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Aluminum Silicates Company · Fall from machine

EMP WAS BACKING UP ON TOW MOTOR WHEN BRAKES FAILED HE THOUGHT HE WAS SHIFTING TO FORWARD BUT HE WAS IN R EVERSE AND CRASHED THRU A GUARD RAIL AND FELL ABOUT 3 FT TO THE GROUND AS HE WAS FAL FALLING HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB THE RAIL CUTTING HIS HAND

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