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March 23, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Putnam County Highway Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL LOADING GRAVEL TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING WITH ROCK FROM BINS WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD WITH ROCK.HEAD WAS CUT & BRUISED.WENT TO EMERG RM,THEY DRESSED WOUND AND SENT HIM HOME FOR REST OF DAY.THOUGHT HE HAD SLIGHT CONCUSSION.

April 21, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Putnam County Highway Department · Struck against a moving object

EMP WAS DRIVING3A TRUCK, STOCKPULING LIME, WHEN HE BACKED UP ON THE LIME PILE TO DUMP HIS LOAD OF LIME, THE LIME PILE BROKE OFF AND THE TRUCK TURNED OVER TWO OR THREE TIMES

May 24, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Putnam County Highway Department · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SI7TING IN A ROCK TRUCK THAT WAS BEING LOADED WITH BOULDERS WHEN A BOULDER OF ROCK FELL ONTO THE CAB OF THE TRUCK BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD AND PARTICLES OF GLASS OUT INTO THE EYE O F THE EMPLOYEE.3

April 30, 1985 TN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Putnam County Highway Department · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE IS A TRUCK DRIVER AND WAS STANDING BY HIS TRUCK WHEN IT WAS BEING LOADED AND LINE DUST BLEW IN HIS EYE

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