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May 2, 2006 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING EUCLID 0029 WHEN DRIVE SHAFT CAME APART. WHEN THE DRIVE SHAFT CONTINUED TO SPIN, IT KNOCKED OUT BOTH REAR BREAKING CYLINDERS. THE TRUCK DESCENDED A GRADE, AND PARTIALLY UP ANOTHER GRADE, THEN ROLLED BACK INTO THE HIGHWALL.

November 21, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was struck by moving vehicle. (EE was standing on soft material when pickup truck ran over him. EE sank down into soft material, so no fractures - bruises to legs only.)

June 29, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DELIVERING STONE AND FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

October 23, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP CLAIMS WHILE OPERATING R-85 EUCLID, HE WENT OVER A BUMP WHICH CAUSED A BULGING DISK. REPORT IS BEING MADE, BUT CAUSE MAY NOT BE ENTIRELY WORK RELATED, WAITING ON MORE INFO FROM DOCTORS.

May 23, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN. DOCTOR TOOK HIM OFF WORK DUE TO DEGENITIVE DISC DISEASE.

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