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May 29, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Asphalt Paving Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE ENTERED AREA CLOSED.

July 18, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck against a moving object

EE OPERATING EQUIPMENT, HIT BUMP, STRAINED HIS BACK.

July 30, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS REACHING FOR HIS FOOD WHILE LEAVING THE LOADING AREA. HE FAILED TO TURN DOWN THE MAIN HAUL ROAD SINCE HE WAS STILL DISTRACTED BY HIS FOOD. HE CONTINUED ACROSS THE HAUL ROAD, OVER THE BE RM AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE HILL. HE SUFFERED CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS. HE WAS HELD IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 3 DAYS BECAUSE OF DIZZINESS IN HIS HEAD AND FOR OBSERVATION.

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