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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 30, 2002 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

WAS SHUTTING OFF ENGINE OF ROCK TRUCK AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF FLOOR AND FELL BACKWARDS OUT OF THE TRUCK. HE GRABBED SAFETY RAIL TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND LANDED ON RT. SHOULDER AND BACK.

August 27, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS OUT OF HIS LOADER PICKING UP STONES WHEN DRIVER OF TRIAXLE STOPPED TO TALK. HE STEPPED UP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STEP OF TRUCK WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO GET DOWN THE FUEL TANK STRAP BROKE WHI CH ALSO SECURES THE STEP. HIS KNEES STRUCK THE NEXT STEP ABOVE CAUSING HIM TO LAND ON HIS HEELS WHICH JARRED HIS BACK AND NECK. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HANDRAIL WITH HIS LEFT HAND BUT COULD N

July 3, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hoover Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

OPERATING PLANT, NOTICED A BACKUP ON A SCREEN, WAS RUNNING TO GO FIX BACKUP, TRIPPED AND FELL ON WRIST, FRACTURING.

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