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1983–2026
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July 12, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Refractories Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEP UP ON BAR STEP INDIV SLIPPED BEHIND BAR CAUSING INDIV TO FALL BACKWARDS WHICH RESULTED IN COMPOUND FX TO RIGHT LEG AND SEVERE LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD.

July 3, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal fireman - locomotive, railroad clam operator, timekeeper, yard engine operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Refractories Company · Fall onto or against objects

I,NAME GOT SKIP EAST KILN STUCK ON TOP PUT COME-ALONG ON BAR ANDPUT TENSION ON IT, WHEN CAR DIDN'T MOVE PUT HEAD IN DOOR PART WAY TO LOOK CAR SLIPPED PUSHING HEAD INTO DOOR FRAME CUTTING LIPS AND BACK OF HEAD & BRUISING LEFT TEMPLE BL ACK EYE.

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