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1983–2026
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July 31, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L A Demers · Fall from ladders

I NAME WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF OF A LADDER IN T HE SCREEN SHACK & HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF A RUNG AS HE WAS HOLDING ON WITH HIS HAND HE SNAPPED AROUND WITH HIS BODY & DEVELOPED A MUSCLE SPRAIN IN HI S BACK

April 20, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L A Demers · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A METAL WEDGE FROM A ROVING BELT WHILE STANDING ON TOP OF A SMALL SHACK SITUATED NEXT TO THE BELT WHEN HE INADVERTANTLY STEPPED OFF THE SHACK AND IN THE FALL FR ACTURED HIS RIGHT LEG.

June 13, 1985 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L A Demers · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF BULLDOZER TRACK TRACKS WERE SLIPPERY FROM COATING OF WET CLAY MUD

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