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1983–2026
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August 2, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

IN NAME WALKED 6P BEHIND I NAME WHO WAS CUTTING SOME IRON AND SPARK BLEW UP AND NTO EYE

June 9, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company · Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBING OFF CO3VEYOR LOST HIS GRIP WITH LEFT HAND AND FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON BLOCK OF CONCRETE CRACKING 1 RIB.

May 12, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME LIFTING 5NVIL OUT OF IMPACT CRUSHER.CHAIN HOIST WAS BROKEN,NIGHT BEFORE HE HAD HELP LIFTING ANVIL OUT BUT DECIDED NOT TO WAIT FOR HELP.CAME BACK TO WORK FOLLOWING NIGHT AND LIFTED OIL C OVER PLATE AND 1ULLED HIS BACK.5-13-86 4PM

August 26, 1985 OR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME BENT OVER TO PICK UP A NUT THAT WAS LYING ON DECK NEXT TO SNATCH BLOCK THE DREDGE WAS SETTING UP IN NEW AREA WHEN SNATCH BLOCK RAISED UP OFF DECK STRIKING I.NAME ABOVE EYE.THIS WAS THE ANCHOR LINE

April 2, 1985 OR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Western-Pacific Construction Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AS I.NAME WAS WALKING UP CATWALK THE BACKHOE BUCKET HIT THE HANDRAIL AND THE HANDRAIL STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK

November 9, 1983 OR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

BILL GREENE LOST HIS BALANCE AS THE TWO BARGES BUMPED TOGETHER AND WAS ENOUGH TO DUMP HIM OFF IN THE RIVER THIS BUMPING OF THE DREDGE D B SKOOKIM AND A MATERIAL BARGE WAS WHEN THE CREW WAS CHANGING THE BARGES

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