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1983–2026
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May 11, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GETTING DOWN OUT OF TRUCK AND SLIPPED,CAUGHT HIMSELF, SUFFERS FROM LOWER BACK PAIN.

January 20, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OUT OF LADER AND SLIPPED. HE WAS OBTAINED CUNTUSION TO LEFT LEG. HE RECEIVED A SCRATCH TO LEFT LEG WHICH BECAME INFECTED.

September 27, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall onto or against objects

I NAME WAS ON T2E MILL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL HE HIT HIS LIP ON THE PIPE WRENCH HE HAD IN HIS HAND.

March 9, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall from machine

IT HAD BEEN RAI3ING ALL DAY. I,NAME WAS ON TOP OF THE HOPPER REMOVING A ROCK THAT HADBEEN TOO LARGE. HE STOOD UP LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

February 20, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

MAN WAS BUILDIN1 PLATFORM WALKWAY ON HOPPER WHEN HE DROPPED HIS TAPE HE ATTEMPED TO CLIMB DOWN INTO THE HOPPER TO RETRIVE THE TAPE HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE BOTTOM

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