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October 28, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS CLEA3ING WINDOWS ON LOADER. WHILE MECHANIC WAS WORKING ON BATTERY UNDER DRIVER SEAT. LOADER WAS RUNNING AND BEGAN TO FREELY TURN CATCHING HIS FOOT AT PINCH POINT OF LOADER.

July 30, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS BACKING 2UT OF PILE WHILE A SECOND LOADER WAS DUMPING INTO TRUCK AND A SMALL ROCK FLEW ACROSS AND THROUGH THE CAB OF LOADER STRIKING HIM IN EYE, CAUSING A SMALL ABRASION ON THE LEFT EY EBALL. 3

April 15, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Porter Brown Limestone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVE SHAFT CAM9 OUT OF QUARRY TRUCK, CUTTING BRAKE LINES INTO AND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL TO VEHICLE. MULTIPLE INJURIES: CONTUSIONS AND LACERATION TO FOREHEAD AND LEFT LEG. BROKEN NOSE AND BA CK INJURY. 3

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