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1983–2026
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July 30, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Reynolds Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS CLEANING UNDER CRUSHER AND PICKING UP A ROCK CAUSING BACK STRAIN

March 25, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Reynolds Construction Company · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS DISMOUNTING FROM LOADER AND SLIPPED ON STEP WHICH WAS COVERED WITH MUD AND FELL ON TO THE GROUND

March 22, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler POWERED HAULAGE
Mc Reynolds Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING CONVEYOR BELT AND FINGER GOT SMASHED BETWEEN BELT AND FRAME.

January 23, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mc Reynolds Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS WORKING ON THE LOADER AND WHILE PUTTING THE TEETH ON A BUCKET HE TAPPED THE TOOTH WITH A HAMMER CHIPPING THE TOOTH AND CUTTING HIS CHIN

May 3, 1984 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Mc Reynolds Construction Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME WORKING UNDER FEEDER WHEN ROCK CAME OUT AND HIT HIS HAND.

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