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1983–2026
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January 18, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Caldwell Gravel Sales Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

VICTIM AND ANOTHER WERE WORKING ON TAKING OUT THE REVERSING SHAFT OF DRAGLINE, WHEN SHAFT CAME LOOSE THE VICTIM GRABBED THE SHAFT AND THE SHAFT HIT A PIECE OF METAL PINCHING THE VICTIM'S FINGE RS IN BETWEEN. THE OTHER EE HAD TOLD THE VICTIM TO STEP AWAY JUST BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURED.

March 17, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ENTRAPMENT
Caldwell Gravel Sales Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE WHILE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF, CAUSING CONVEYOR TO SCISSOR BACK TO FOLD UP POSITION. DAMAGES: HYDRAULIC LINE AND BENT HEADPULLEY GUARD.

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