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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 19, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C & C Vanport Limestone Plant #2 Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS CLEANING AROUND GUARDED CONVEYOR WHEN A ROCK ALLEGEDLY FELL FROM THE CONVEYOR BELT AND STRUCK SUBJECT'S LEFT FOREARM. HE WAS TOLD TO CLEAN FLOOR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR AND NO T TO DO ANYTHING UNSAFE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES

June 19, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
C & C Vanport Limestone Plant #2 Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TOLD OTHER MAN TO KEEP PLANT OPERATING AND HE WENT UP THE BELTWAY TO CHECK SOMETHING. EVIDENTLY HE NOTICED SOMETHING WRONG AND LEFT THE CAT WALK ON RIGHT SIDE OF BELT. NO WITNESS TO ACTUAL ACCIDENT. UNABLE TO TALKE TO INJURED MAN AT PRESENT TIME. RIGHT LOWER ARM CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR AND WAS SEVERED. HELD SAFETY MEETING TO STRESS PROPER SAFETY PRACTICES.

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