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January 16, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
C D T Landfill Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING JACKHAMMER TO HELP DISMANTLE PLANT, HAMMER SLIPPED AND STRUCK RIGHT FOOT.

December 14, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
C D T Landfill Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLEANING FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR BELT HE OBSERVED MUD BUILDING UP UNDER TAIL PULLEY. HE HAD BEEN TOLD SEVERAL TIMES NOT TO CLEAN THE TAIL PULLEY WHILE THE PLANT WAS RUNNING. RATHER THAN SHUTTING PLANT DOWN HE STUCK HIS SHOVEL IN TO THE TAIL PULLEY, CATCHING THE SHOVEL & PULLED HIS HAND BACK BETWEEN THE METAL FRAM & THE SHOVEL.

October 28, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
C D T Landfill Corp · Fall from machine

COMING OFF MACHINE SLIPPED OFF THE STEP OFF LADDER SOFT TISSUE INJ TO R ELBOW

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