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1983–2026
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August 29, 2016 RI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a loader and was jostled around - resulting in a groin strain,

May 21, 1997 RI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Cherenzia Excavation Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM WAS WORKING LOWER LEVEL OF YARD- FABRICATING. HE LEFT WORK AREA AND STARTED UP EMBANKMENT. LOADER STARTED DOWN EMBANKMENT. VICTIM WAS STRUCK BY LOADER BUCKET, FORCED BACK AND/OR SPUN AN D FELL TO GROUND. VICTIM'S RIGHT ARM FROM ELBOW DOWN WAS THEN RUN OVER BY LOADER.

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