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July 26, 1989 AL · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF LOADER AT THE END OF THE SHIFT AND ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED THE LOADER DOOR ON HIS THUMB.

May 20, 1989 AL · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Dunn Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING A BULLDOZER WIND BLEW SAND AND GRAVEL IN FACE.PUSHING SAND AND GRAVEL WITH BULLDOZER RECEIVED SAND AND GRAVEL IN LEFT EYE.

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