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June 16, 1988 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATES HIS TRUCK WAS BUMPED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE SHIFT BY THE SHOVEL AND HIS BACK STARTING HURTING SEVERAL DAYS LATER.

August 19, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck against a moving object

SCRAPER HIT RAN3OVER A ROCK AND BOUNCED OPERATOR. PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

August 18, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS LOWERIN1 WINDOW IN HIS TRUCK. THE TRUCK HIT A BUMP AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW. EMP WAITED THREE WEEKS TO SEK MEDICAL HELP. ELBOW REMAINED SWEELLED AND WOULD NOT HEAL

December 17, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck by falling object

JUST FINISHED L2ADING NEW SHAKER SCREEN ON BUCKET OF 966B WHEN SIDE OF SCEEN DROPPED ONTO BACK OF LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND AND BRUISE TOBACK OF HAND

February 23, 1985 AR · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WEATHER WAS WET RAINING, CONVEYOR BELT WAS SLIPPING EMPLOYEE WAS THROW DRY INTO THE PINCH POINT OF THE BELT BELT GRABBED THE SACK AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FINGER. LEFT ARM WAS BROKEN

November 8, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Weyerhaeuser Company · Struck against stationary object

OPERTOR REMOVED ASH TRAY FROM ITS NORMAL POSITION IN THE TRUCK, THIS EXPOSED A SHARP EDGE HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF OF THE DUMP LEBER AND OPERATOR CUT HIS FOREARM

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