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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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July 15, 1992 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Ebasco-Losinger J/V · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WAITING FOR OPERATOR TO START SCREEN SO HE COULD CLEAN IT AND PLACED HIS RIGHT HAND ON TOP OF SCREEN AS HE REGNALED OPERATOR TO BLEW START UP ALARM AND STANT SCREEN HAD BEEN PERFORMING THIS CLEANING ONE OR MORE TIMES PER SHIFT FOR 16MONTHS.

February 6, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Ebasco-Losinger J/V · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS KNOCKING MUD OFF TROUGHING ROLLERS ON C6 CONVEYER BELT. HIT BOTTOM RETURN ROLLER WITH WRENCH HE IS EXPERIENCED IN AGGATE PLANT WORK BUT TRIED TO KNOCK MUD OFF WITH CONVEYORS RUNNING. BADLY BRUISED RIGHT ARM RETRAINED NO WORK ON ROLLERS OF RUNNING CONVEYOR AT ANY TIME.

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