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October 4, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERA TING 50 TON QUARRY TRUCK ROCK FELL OFF LOADER BUCKET WHILE LOADING QUARRY TRUCK HIT MIRROR WHICH DEFLECT ED IT INTO SIDE DOOR WINDOW SPRAYING GLASS PARTICLES & STRIKING LEFT ELBOW OF DRIVER

September 21, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

UNK-PREVIOUSLY RELATED TO OFF SITE BONE CHIP INJURY NON WORK RELATED.COMMENT.

October 27, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING A 966D CAT LOADER AND HIT A POT HOLE THIS CAUSED HIM TO TWIST HIS BODY AND INJURE HIS LOWER BACK

September 3, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
General Crushed Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

THE EMPLOYEE ST5TES HE WAS DRIVING AN EUCLID QUARRY TRUCK,GOING DOWN TO THE PIT WHEN THE REAR AXLE DROPPED OFF THE TRUCK(ACTUALLY DRIVE LINE FELL OFF TRUCK),A ND THE BACK OF THE TRUCK HIT THE TRUCK HIT THE 1ROUND,CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO BOUNCE IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK.

August 28, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
General Crushed Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE CLIMBED ONTO3A CONVEYOR BELT THAT WAS STOPPED SO HE COULD PULL A PIPE OFF BACK OF MAGNET HE DID NOT PULL OUT THE ROPE SWITCH OR LOCK OUT THE CONVEYOR SWITCH PLANT OPERATOR JOGGED BELT FORWA RD A LITTLE SO 5S TO CLEAR STONE FROM UNDER THE MAGNET THIS PULLED I.NAME UNDER THE MAGNET & UNDER CHUTE FEEDING THE SAME CONVEYOR

June 30, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
General Crushed Stone Company · Fall from machine

I.NAME STANDING3AT DUMPING SPOT AT LOADING DOCK OF RR.THE NEXT TRUCK DROVE TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE AND I.NAME HAD TO JUMP INTO THE RR CAR TO AVOID BEING HIT.A REGULAR TRUCK DRIVER WAS TEACHING NEW MAN TO DRI5E AT THE TIME.

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