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September 25, 1992 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from piled material

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE TERMINAL PILE ROCKS. THE ROCKS STARTED SLIDING AND WHEN EE JUMPED OFF THE PILE HE LANED ON A ROCK WITH RIGHT FOOT AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

November 30, 1990 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

THE EE WAS WALKING ON A WALKWAY FROM THE BLDG TO THE TOP A RAILCAR BROKE AWAY FROM THE BLDG HE FELL APRROX 10 FT TO THE CEMENT FLOOR.

June 6, 1990 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman ELECTRICAL
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

THE PLANT WAS UP AND RUNNING AND HE SAW SOME FRAYED WIRE HE TAPED THE WIRE AND WHEN THE TAPE SNAPPED THE ELECTRICITY KNOCKED HIM BACK ABOUT 15 FEET.

June 17, 1988 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIGHT FOOT WA> CAUGHT IN AUTOMATIC CONVEYOR WHICH ENGAGE D RESULTING IN A CUT

October 2, 1987 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Anchorage Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRAVEL BANK SLO6GHED AROUND LOADER. OPERATOR SUFFERED CUTS ON HAND AND ARM, AND SUFFERED SORE NECK, BACK AND LEG.

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