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3,112
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1983–2026
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January 3, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Beaver Creek Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WE WERE PUTTING NEW BOLTS IN CRUSHER BEARING CAP. WE RAN IT FOR 15-20 MINUTES. I HAD TO RE-TIGHTEN BOLTS. I PULLED AND YANKED ON WRENCHES TO GET IT TIGHT. PULLED MUSCLES IN ARM, SHOULDER, NECK .

June 22, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Beaver Creek Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I MAN WAS LIFTI3G PLANATARY GEAR WITH 560, I MAN WAS DIRECTING HIM, 2 MEN WERE STEADYING THE GEAR. THE CHAIN BROKE AND THE CHAIN FELL BACKWARDS ONE MAN LET GO BUT THE OTHER MAN HAD HIS HAND BE HIND THE PART A3D DID NOT GET HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY.

November 21, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Beaver Creek Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

3 MEN WERE CLEANING OUT A FEEDER HOPPER TO MAKE REPAIRS ON A DAMAGED PLATE WHEN I.NAME MOVED A ROCK OVER TO THE EDGE & SMASHED FINGER

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