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1983–2026
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September 8, 1992 CT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Herb Holden Trucking Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A PAYLOADER IN GRAVEL PIT. HE WAS DIGGING, PAYLOADER WAS BOUNCING, EE RECEIVED A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

June 12, 1989 CT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Herb Holden Trucking Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THREE EMPLOYEES STANDING ON THE FEEDER OF CRUSHER WERE REMOVING WORN JAW PLATE. THEY WERE USING A PAYLOADER AND A CHAIN FOR LIFTING THE JAW PLATE OUT OF CRUSHER TO SET ON WOODEN BLOCKS. JAW PL ATE SLIPPED INJURING FOOT. RESULT WAS A MULTIPLE FRACTURE ON THE RIGHT FOOT.

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