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1983–2026
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February 22, 1993 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Tommer Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO CHECK SPEED SENSOR ON TAIL PULLEY OF LOAD OUT BUNKER, THINKING IT WAS INOPERATIVE AND THE MECHANISM CAUGHT THE GLOVE ON HIS HAND AND PULLED HIS HAND INTO THE SHAFT.

September 30, 1991 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Tommer Construction Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE INDICATED HE WAS OPERATING A 966 LOADER IN THIRD GEAR FEEDING THE CRUSHER WHEN HE BACKED OVER A BOULDER THIS BOUNCED HIM AROUND & HE INDICATED ON THE L&I REPORT IT WAS HARD ENOUGH TO HURT HIS BACK TOMMER CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR REPORTED THAT EMPLOYEE WALKED OFF JOB SAYING HIS BACK HURT & THAT THE LOADER WAS TOO ROUGH

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