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April 6, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mule Pen Quarry Corp · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS SITTING IN A 35 TON HAUL TRUCK WITH WINDOW OPEN AND FOREARM RESTING ON WINDOW TRACK LOADER WAS PUTTING 2ND BUCKET ON TRUCK WHEN A 5 IN TO 6 IN ROCK FELL OFF THE LOADER BUCKET AND BRUISED LEFT WRIST AND TOP OF HAND

June 12, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Mule Pen Quarry Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME PULLED T2E WABCO TRUCK INTO THE SHOPO TO FIX THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. HE TURNED TIRES TO THE LEFT TO PROVIDE EASIER ACCESS. AS HE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK HE SAW THE TIRES WERE TURNED IN THE O PPOSITE DIRECTI2N. I NAME GOT BETWEEN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND ROD WITHOUT HIS KNOWING HE WAS THERE. HE TURNED TIRES TO THE LEFT AND ANOTHER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TIRE AND FRAME.

January 8, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mule Pen Quarry Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DR3VING EUCLID W1 AND REACHED THE TOP OF HILL TO DUMP LOAD. THE ENGINE QUIT AND VECHILE STARTED TO RUN BACKWARDS. EMPLOYEE APPLIED FOOT BRAKE AND EMERGENCY BRAKE. VEHILE DID NOT S OP, TURNED INTO3BURN. EMPLOYEE JUMPED FROM VEHICLE, LANDING ON RIGHT FOOT. FRACTURED JOINT ABOVE LITTLE TOE RIGHT FOOT.

August 19, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Mule Pen Quarry Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPL DRIVING HAUL TRK ON GOOD ROAD WHEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE SIDE PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED.GLASS WENT INTO HIS EYE AND SCRATCHED LEFT EYEBALL.

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