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3,112
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1983–2026
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June 8, 1992 HI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Kauai Aggregates · Fall to the walkway or working surface

980 LOADOPERATOR WAS WSAHING DOWN LOADER WHEN HE SAW TRUCKS COMING INTO HAUL HE SLOWLY MOVED FORWARE W/BUCKTE ABOUT 4FT IN MID AIR AT SOME TIME LABORER WALKED IN FRONT OF LOADER LOADER BUCKET BUMPED LABORER CAUSING HIM TO FALL WHEN FALLING HIS HARD HAT FELL FORWARD & LABORER FELL ON HARD HAT CUTTING ABOVE LIP (BETWEEN NOSE & LIP_

May 21, 1991 HI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Kauai Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PER EMPLOYEE, HE WAS SCRAPPING AND CLEANING THE #9 ROLLER W/IRON SCRAPER W/ WOODEN HANDLE. HE GALNCED AWAY TO LOOK AT ANOTHER AREA OF THE CRUSHER. UNKNOWNELLY, HIS SCRAPPER CAME IN CONTACT W / ROLLER KICKING THE SCRAPER BACK TWOARDS HISM, HITTING THE WOODEN HANDLE INT HE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND.

September 7, 1990 HI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Kauai Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHECKING EMPLOYES REPAIRING CONE CRUSHER. EQUIPMENT WAS BEING LIFTED WITH A CHAIN ON A FORKLIFT. EQUIPMENT OPERATOR LOWERED THE FORKLIFT PREMATURELY, CAUSING CHAIN TO SLIP ON FORKS. SLIP PING CHAIN HIT EMPLOYEE IN PALM OF HAND.

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