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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 23, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Markgraf Materials Company · Struck against a moving object

HIT BUMP IN ROAD WHILE STOCK PILING MATERIAL WITH FRONT LOADER. SHOCK ABSORBER ON SEAT IN CAB FAILED. PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

October 18, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Markgraf Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS LOADING A TRUCK WITH THE 966 CAT LOADER AND TURNED HIS HEAD TO LOOK BEHIND HIM AND NOW HIS MUSCLE SPASMS AND A PINCHED NERVE IN HIS NECK.

April 27, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Markgraf Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS CLEANING OFF IDLERS ON POWER SCREEN AS IT WAS RUNNING & IT PULLED HIS RT.ARM INTO CONVEYOR IT SEVERLY BRUISED HIS RT.ARM & WILL STAY IN HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION

October 17, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Markgraf Materials Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GREASING THE FE9DER WHILE IT WAS RUNNING, HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB UNDER A ROLLER.

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