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1983–2026
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June 22, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Carthage Crushed Limestone · Struck against a moving object

HAULING OUT OF MINE. GAS PEDAL STUCK AS HE WAS MAKING A CURVE IN THE MINE. RAN INTO A STONE PILLAR.

February 7, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Carthage Crushed Limestone · Struck against a moving object

EMPL WAS DRIVING PERSONAL VEHICLE FROM WEST MINE WHERE HE HAD TAKEN LOADER FOR NIGHT. HE WAS BLINDED BY SUN. NEXT THING HE KNEW HE HAD HIT EUCLID WHICH HAD ALMOST COME TO COMPLETE STOP. ROIAD WAS 45' WIDE WHERE ACCIDENT OCCURED. EMPL WAS ON WRONG SIDE OF ROAD AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

July 21, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Carthage Crushed Limestone · Struck against a moving object

I NAME TOOK HIS3EUCLID TO THE GARAGE FOR REPAIR, HE WENT TO 4 HOLE TO PICK UP ANOTHER EUCLID. HE DUMPED A PARTIAL LOAD THEN CHECKED TO SEE IF BED WAS CLEAN AND DROVE OFF WITHOUT LOWERING DUMP BED. HE DROVE 3NTO OPENING OF CAVE WITH THE BED UP.

October 25, 1984 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Carthage Crushed Limestone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING UP AROUND SCREEN WHEN SHOVEL HIT BELT AND HIT HIM IN THE RIBS WITH THE HANDLE

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