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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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January 2, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
California Iss Inc · Struck by falling object

EE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE BUCKETS ON BOBCAT 8-864. EE KNEW THAT THE ?CUTTING LEVER (L) WAS SEPARATED FROM THE BUCKET ? WHEN HE CHANGED BUCKETS LAST. HE PUSHED PIN UP MANUALLY WITH THE BUCKET IN T HE AIR AND TILTED DOWN. THE BUCKET WAS RELEASED AND SMASHED LEFT FOOT BREAKING 3 BONES BEHIND STEEL TOES.

May 11, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
California Iss Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING 966 LOADER EE TURNED WRIST AND SHOULDERS TO WORK BEFORE AND WHILE BACKING, WHILEBACKING HE HIT BUMP (UNKNOWN) AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN BACK. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ROUGHLY 1 WEEK LATER.

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