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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 19, 2003 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockwell Lime Company · Struck against a moving object

EE IS EXPERIENCING LOWER BACK PAIN AND PAIN DOWN THE BACK OF THE LEFT LEG ALL THE WAY TO HIS FOOT. HE HAS BEEN SEEING A CHIROPRACTOR WHO HAS SUGGESTED THAT THIS MAY BE A CUMULATIVE TRAUMA FROM 31 YEARS OF BEING A LOADER OPERATOR. EE SAID HE HAS EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK WHEN BEING JARRED DIGGING INTO A BLAST SITE.

October 2, 1984 WI · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rockwell Lime Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOOKING UP UNDER A OVERHEAD CONVEYOR SOME LOOSE LIME FELL WITH SOME LANDING IN HIS LEFT EYE WE WERE UNABLE TO GET ALL THE LIME OUT OF HIS EYE SO HE WENT TO THE EYE CLINIC I.NAME WAS WEAR ING SAFETY GLASSES AND THERE WAS NO LOST TIME

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