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1983–2026
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August 2, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WRENCHED BACK WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON CRUSHER CONVEYOR

May 9, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

HE WAS HSOVELING SAND NEAR THE SCALPER WHEN A LARGE ROC FLEW OUT STRIKING HIM IN T HE LEFT SHOULDER & LEFT HIP AREAS.

April 3, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SOME STEEL BLOCKING WHEN IT TIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS FOOT. (STEEL TOE SHOES REDUCED EXTENT OF INJURY.)

March 14, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WORKING ON DOZER HE TURNED FROM HIS WORK AREA & NOT REALIZING HOW CLOSE HE WAS STANDING TO THE DOZER STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER

July 10, 1984 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

COMPANY TRUCK TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON I35 W,WHEN TRUCK BOX STRUCK COUNTY RD H BRIDGE.IMPACT TORE BOX LOOSE FROM TRUCK AND SENT TRUCK ACROSS MEDIAN STRIKING SEMI-TRACTOR AND TRAILER.2 AUTOS CON SEQUENTLY STRUCK SEMI.

August 2, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE THREW A STONE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL INTO A HOPPER AND WRENCHED HIS BACK

January 24, 1983 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Arsenal Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE FRONT END LOADER WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THEDOOR SHUTSTRIKING HIS HAND

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