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1983–2026
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May 14, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR PARALLEL TO THE BELT WITH HIS FOOT ONT HE SKIRT RAIL WHEN HIS FOOT SLID OFF AND WENT DOWN TO THE CONVEYOR FRAME. HIS FOOT GOT CAUGH AND WAS TWISTED AND SKINNED HIS SHIN ON THE SKIRT RAIL.

February 13, 1985 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRIVER DUMPED LOAD OF SAND IN PLANT HOPPER. TRUCK WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD, SO HE PUT IT IN "PARK" AND GOT OUT OF TRUCK. THE UNIVERSAL JOINT WAS BROKEN AND DRIVE SHAFT WAS LODGED AGAINST FRAME. EMPLOYEE KICKED SHAFT LOOSE AND TRUCK ROLLED ON HIS BODY, BREAKING HIS LEG, PELVIS AND CAUSING INTERNAL INJURIES. LEG HAS BEEN AMPUTATED.

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