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739,207
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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 22, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO R9MOVE PIECE OF TRAMP IRON FROM COAL BELT ELECTRONIC ACTIVATION CAUSED THE GO SWITCH TO TURN ON & CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN SWITCH & ACTIVATOR PEG (IMPROPER PROCEDURE TO REMOVE FOREI GN OBJECT ) 3

November 1, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
National Gypsum Company · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING PAYLOADER DOING GROUND CLEANUP AROUND KILN DEPT.THE BUCKET ON THE PAYLOADER STRUCK A CONCRETE SLAB AND EMPL WAS THROWN SLIGHTLY FORWARD.STRUCK HEAD AGAINST THE IN-CAB RADIO BRACKET.

June 28, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE AN EMPTY SKID FROM THE TOP OF A PALLET LOAD OF BRICK WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVEMENT BY FORK LIFT TRUCK INJURED STEPPED FORWARD WHE THE TRUCK WAS M OVING PLA CED HIS LEG BETWEEN THE MOVING LOAD AND A FULL SKID WHICH STOOD TO HIS IMMEDIATE LEFT HIS LEFT LEG WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO FULL SKIDS OF BRICK

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