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Years on record: 1983–2026
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May 18, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE

Lava Flow Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BANDING A PALLET. FORKLIFT OPERATOR CAME AROUND THE PALLET RUNNING INTO BANDING MACHINE TRAPPING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN BANDING MACHINE AND APLLET.

April 29, 1989 ID · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

Lava Flow Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING OFF RAMP LEADING TO HOPPER OPERATER FAILED TO LOWER LOADER BUCKET, AND RAN OVER A MOUND AT BASE OF RAMP CAUSING LOADER TO ROLL ON ITS SIDE.

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