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1983–2026
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August 25, 1989 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Copar Pumice Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING THE PLANT WITH FRONT END LOADER WHILE WAITING FOR FEED HOPPER,TO GET ENOUGH FOR NEXT LOAD HE DISMOUNTED THE LOADER AND REACHED IN BETWEEN ROLLERS WITH HIS HAND TO REMOVE D UST.HIS AHND GOT INTO THE PINCH POINT BETWEEN ROLLER AND CONVEYOR BELT.THE BELT AND ROLLER PULLED IN HIS ARM UP TO THE ELBOW AND THE BELT SCRAPED OFF SOME SKIN ON HIS ELBOW.

October 5, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Copar Pumice Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP STEPED UP ON LOADER LADDER TO TALK TO LOADER OPER. WHILE LOADER WAS STOPPED OPER. WAS RAISING BUCKET TO MAX HT. INJ GRABBED FRONT OF CAB WITH L. HAND AND HAND HOLD ON R. SIDE WITH R. HAND WHEN BUCKET APPROACHED MAX HT. ANCHOR END OF BUCKET ARM APPROACHED CAB THIS PINCHED HIS L. HAND BETWEEN CA B AND LOADER ARM

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