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1983–2026
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April 4, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba River Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FEELING BACK PAINS RUNNING LOADER

January 22, 1990 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba River Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

CLEANING OFF CONCRETE SLAB BELOW AND BACK FROM PLANT GRIZZLY AND SOME ROCKS CAME OVER TOP AND HIT HIM ON HEAD-WAS WEARING HARDHAT SO DAMAGE WAS SLIGHT HEAD CONTUSION.

October 19, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba River Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

STANDING ON CONVEYOR BELT CLEARING IT OFF WHEN HE STEPPED ONTO BELT BESIDE HIM.OPER HAD JUST STARTED BELT CAUSING I.NAME TO FALL ONTO SCREEN DECK AND PULLED LEG AT SAME TIME. E SAME TIME

February 18, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba River Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

ADJUSTING WATER FLOW IN A SAND SCREW, I NAME FELL FROM SAND SCREW LANDING IN OR ON A TAIL PULLEY, EMP USED VERY LITTLE COMMONSENSE TO TRY TO GET TO AN AREA THAT HAD NO LADDER OR OTHER DEVICE

April 27, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Yuba River Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

40 TON DUMP TRU7K HAULING FROM MINING SITE TO STOCKPILES DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHILE CROSSING 40' WIDE LEVEE BETWEEN PONDS.VEHICLE RAN OFF LEVEE OVERTURNED IN WATER.DRIVER ESCAPED WIT H SUPERFICIAL C6TS AND BRUISES.

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