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September 15, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Purdy Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS BACKING 6P TO DUMP A LOAD OF MATERIAL AND THE BANK CAVED IN AND THE TRUCK WENT DOWN OVER THE HILL BACKWARDS AND HE WAS IN IT, HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT BRUISED THE BO NE. 3

April 24, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Purdy Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I WAS SHOVELING3UNDER A CONVEYOR BELT. SOME HOW THE BELT CAUGHT THE HEAD OF THE SHOVEL & SLAMMED THE BACK OF MY LEFT AHND AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR. MY HAND WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE HAND LE & FRAME UNTI5 THE HANDLE BROKE. MY HAND STARTED SWELLING & FRIDAY 4-25-86 I WENT TO THE E/R.

April 11, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Purdy Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

AS I WAS STRIPP3NG WITH HANDCOCK SCRAPER IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING THE BOWL THE BACK PART OF THE NECK OF THE TRACTOR BROKE WHICH LET THE TRACTOR GO UP IN THE FRONT & IT THREW ME UP ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT & H2D HOSES AS I SLID BACK DOWN IN THE SEAT MY FOOT DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH & LET THE TRACTOR COME DOWN SO FAST IT BROKE THE FRONT PART OF NECK & LET THE FRONT OF TRACTOR GO DOWN ON

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