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1983–2026
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March 5, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
South Georgia Rock & Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AFTER ACCIDENT WE FOUND THERE WERE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE SKID STEER. IT APPEARS THE OPERATOR WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEMS WERE WHEN THE BOOM COLLASPED ON HIM. IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT HIS RECOVERY TIME WILL BE AT THIS TIME.

January 31, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
South Georgia Rock & Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CONTRACTOR ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE UNDESIRABLE MATERIAL FROM MOVING CONVEYOR BELT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. RIGHT ARM ROLLED AS CONVEYOR WAS MOVING LEADING TO HIS RIGHT ARM BEING PINCHED BETWEEN CONVEY OR HEAD PULLY AND DISCHARGE CHUTE INFLICTING LACERATIONTO RIGHT ARM.

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