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August 20, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Opelika Materials Llc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF ROCK TRUCK WHEN TRUCK MOVED AND SHE FELL TO GROUND.

June 12, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Opelika Materials Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF METAL FROM A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS HAND GOT TOO CLOSE TO A MAGNET CAUSING THE PIECE OF METAL TO BE PICKED UP BY THE MAGNET AND CRUSHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE METAL A ND MAGNET.

June 9, 1998 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Opelika Materials Llc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK DOWN A HILL WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND FLIPPED THE TRUCK.

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