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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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February 15, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Karban Corp · Fall from machine

WORKER STEPPED DOWN FROM A TRAILER ONTO A 1"X4" NAIL TO PLYWOOD AND TWISTED ANKLE, SPRAING IT TRAILER APPROX. 2 FT HIGH.

November 12, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Karban Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK ON OVERSIZE ROCK IN A JAW WITH A JACKHAMMER HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL CATCHING HIMSELF ON THE SIDES OF THE ROCK BOX WITH HIS ARMS.

March 10, 1989 OR · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Karban Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE DOING REPAIR WORK ON 245 CAT EXC. VICTIM LOST FOOTING AND GRABBED LOOSE DECK PIECE FALLING TO THE GROUND THE METAL DECK PIECE FELL ONTO RIGHT LEG BREAKING BONES.

May 2, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Karban Corp · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE GREASING 5OADER BOOM FEET SLIPPED CAUSING KNEE TO BE INJURED

December 4, 1985 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Karban Corp · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

SOME MUD HAD BU3LT UP ON HEAD PULLEY OF 3 BELT UNDER 1 SCREEN, CAUSING BELT TO RUN TO THE SIDE I NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO SCRAPE MUD OFF, WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED, CAUSING HIS ARM TO BE PULLED INTO BELT AND HEAD 1ULLEY. RIGHT ARM WAS PINCHED AND TWISTED.

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