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January 28, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
W S Frey Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING CONVEYOR BELT WHEN THE BELT WAS ENGAGED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE I.NAME JUMPED OFF THE BELT BREAKING HIS RT ARM BETWEEN SHOULDER AND ELBOW FRACTURING PELVIS AND BRUISING LEF T HEEL 3

January 19, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
W S Frey Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPL DUMPING LO5D OF STONE WHEN HOIST BROKE.BED CAME DOWN AND JARRED ENTIRE EUCLID RESULTING IN PULLED VERTEBRAE,SWOLLEN AND PULLED MUSCLES.

October 8, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
W S Frey Company Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OFF C2NVEYOR BELT & HIT EMPLOYEE ON T OP OF RT.FOOT

February 17, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
W S Frey Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

THIS INDIVIDUAL3WAS DUMPING STONE AT THE KILN,THE EMBANKMENT GAVE WAY,THE EUCLID FELL INTO A HOLE,TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE,THROWING THE DRIVER AGAINST THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TRUCK.

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