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May 17, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pike County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING PLANK ON SURGE BIN. PINCHED LEFT THUMB BETWEEN BIN AND PLANK. RIPPED SKIN OFF PAD OF THUMB AND SOME DAMAGE TO KNUCKLE.

June 10, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Pike County Highway Department · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS HAULING GRAVEL UP A HILL WENT HE DIDN'T DOWN SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR THE TRUCK RAN OUT OF POWER AND THEN DIED THEN THE TRUCK STARTED DOWN THE HILL BACKWARD HE TURNED THE WHEELS IN TO A BA NK THEN HITTING A TREE.

February 4, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pike County Highway Department · Fall onto or against objects

WALKING UP A CONVEYOR BELT TO GREASE THE PLANT HEAD BLACKE WENT HE FELL HITTING THE GUARD WITH HIS HAND AND HURTING HIS WRIST.

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