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1983–2026
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February 11, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buster Cement Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EE & 2 CO-WORKERS WERE SETTING STEEL INTO FEEDER #1. THE FIRST PIECE WAS PLACED INTO FEEDER BY CRANE OPERATER & WAS SECURELY ON FLOOR & RESTING ON SIDE OF FEEDER. SECOND PIECE WAS LOWERED INTO FEEDER, & EE & CO-WORKER WAS REMOVING SLAG FROMSECOND PIECE. EE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT FOOT. FIRST PIECE OF STEEL HAD SLIPPED ONTO HIS FOOT.

February 26, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Buster Cement Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS PUSHING OFF SPOIL PILE WITH DOZER WHEN HE BACKED OVER AN EMBANKMENT DROPPING APPROX. 10-15'. DOZER TILTED & REMAINED ON ITS LEFT SIDE. EE WAS WEARING SEATBELT, BUT STRUCK LEFT SHOULDER ON INSIDE OF CAB.

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