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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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November 2, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Fall onto or against objects

DISCONNECTING WATER SUCTION HOSE FROM VACUUM TANK MOUNTED ON WATER TRUCK.WHILE DISCONNECTING HOSE,HIS FEET SLIPPED IN THE MUD CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL BACKWARDS INTO METAL CAGE .

November 19, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS CLEA3ING OUT BINS THERE WAS SNOW ON THE METAL HAND SLIPPED AND EMP.OYEE FELL TO THE FROUND HITTING HIS RT KNEE AND BACK ON 1-1-87 I.NAME WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HIS LEG SW ELLED AND THEY 1ERFORMED EMERGENCY SURGERY THAT DAY WHEN HIS ORIGINAL ACCIDENT HAPPENED I.NAME HID NOT SEE A DR FOR TREATMENT THE EVENING OF HIS OPERATION IS THE FIRST HE SAW A DR

June 23, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS DESCENDING TO GROUND FROM PLATFORM OF CRANE. WHEN RIGHT FOOR WAS PALCED ON GROUND, THE ANKLE TWISTED & FRACTURED.

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