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December 17, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Guzman Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

RAMS BROKE AWAY FROM TRUCK BED, WHILE IN UP POSITION, CAUSING LOAD TO FALL AND BED BOUNCED ON CHASSIS. THIS CAUSED EE TO BOUNCE UP STRIKING CAB ROOF WITH HIS HEAD CAUSING BACK STRAIN.

December 9, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Guzman Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOWERING COUNTER WEIGHT ON SCREEN UNIT, EE CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN COUNTER WEIGHT AND SHAFT.

November 14, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Guzman Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EE WELDED A PAD EYE ONTO A CRUSHER LINER. AS THEY WERE LIFTING LINER INTO PLACE, PAD EYE BROKE LOOSE ALLOWING LINER TO FALL ON INJURED'S RT HAND.

September 10, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Guzman Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS BEATING ROCKS OUT OF THE GRIZZLEY WITH A 16 LB. HAMMER. THE HAMMER BOUNCED OFF OF A ROCK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE FOOT.

January 9, 1991 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Guzman Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AT THE JAW CRUSHER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN PLUGGED JAW OUT, A ROCK ROLLED DOWN OFF OF THE FEEDER AND CAUGHT LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN 2 ROCKS.

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