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1983–2026
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March 5, 1991 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fentress County Highway Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO REMOVE SHAFT FROM A WATER POUMP REMOVED SHAFT & WALED ASIDE & BACK BEGAN TO HURT

February 15, 1990 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Fentress County Highway Department · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER WHEN A ROCK WAS THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD & THE GLASS FROM THE WINDSHIELD INJURED THE EMPLOYEES RIGHT EYE

April 14, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fentress County Highway Department · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING TO FREE A ROCK LODGED BY TGHE JAW CRUSHER ANOTHER ROCK ROLLED & HIT THIRD FINGER ON RT.HAND THE END OF THE FINGER WAS C RUSHED & THE FINGERNAIL TORN OFF

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