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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 14, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quartzite Stone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS OPERATI3G INTL. BOBCAT LOADER AROUND CRUSHER CONVEYORS CLEANING UP MATERIAL THAT HAD FALLEN OFF OF CONVEYORS. HE FELT THE FRONT OF LOADER GET OVER CENTER AND TIPPED IT OVER TO THE SIDE . SOMETHING IN 7HE CAB PUNCTURED HIS BACK

January 9, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Quartzite Stone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING FRONT END LOADER AND LOADING QUARRY TRUCKS WITH ROCKT O TAKE TO CRUSHER. LOADER HIT A LARGE ROCK AND STOPPED THROWING EMPLOYEE INTO DASH STRIKING RIGHT KNEE. BRUISED RIG HT KNEE. 3

August 12, 1985 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Quartzite Stone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

BRAKES FAILED ON TEREX QUARRY TRUCK, WORKMAN WAS TRYING TO AVOID MEN IN ROADWAY AND HAD TO GO IN THE DITCH CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLLOVER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE.

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