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July 19, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Summit Stone Inc · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CLEAN AROUND CRUSHER WITH BOBCAT. HE TOLD OTHER EMPLOYEE TO LOWER THE BUCKET. HE HAD FOOT UNDER BUCKET. BUCKET LANDED ON HIS FOOT.

March 31, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Summit Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRUISE AND STRAIN TO HEEL DUE TO BOBCAT BUCKET CATCHING FOOT WHILE BARRELS BEING TRANSPORTED.

May 26, 1998 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Summit Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS SPREADING GRAVEL WITH TRUCK/TRAILER. THE TRAILER BEGAN SLIDING OVER EMBANKMENT AND PULLED CAB OVER WITH IT. THE TRUCK AND TRAILER LANDED ON ITS SIDE.

November 10, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Summit Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING UP A LOADER, EE HAD BODY AND HEAD TWISTED LOOKING BEHIND AND RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK, WHICH CAUSED EE S BODY TO BOUNCE AND LAND HARD IN THE SEAT OF THE LOADER, RESULTING IN BACK PA IN. EE STATES THAT THE PAIN WORSENED OVER TIME AND HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 12-8-97.

April 22, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Summit Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUT BACK RUBBER IN TAIL PULLEY OF CONVEYOR THAT WAS LEAKING ROCK. THE RATCHET GOT CAUGHT WHEN TIGHTENING THE BACK BOLTS PULLING RIGHT HAND INTO THE ROCK BOX.

December 12, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Summit Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING BETWEEN CONVEYOR THAT WERE BEING MOVED APPRENTLY CRANE OPERATOR BELIEVE I WAS CLEAR AND MOVED CONVEYOR AGAIN PRESSING ME LEG KNEE RIGHT AGAINST OTHER CONVEYOR. BRUISE AND SORE RIGHT KNE E.

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