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1983–2026
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May 18, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Campbell Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE IS A SCREEN TENDER. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO SCREEN AND REACHED AROUND GUARD WITH STICK FOR UNKNOWN REASON. PULLEY PULLED STICK HAND AND ARM INTO SCREEN AND DRUM. STICK CAUGHT I N CONVEYOR AND STOPPED BELT, WHICH PREVENTED EMPLOYEE FROM BEING PULLED INTO PULLEY CONVEYOR.

July 14, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Campbell Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE AND AS8ISANT WERE TAKING AN ENGINE APART. PISTON SLEEVE SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEE IN FACE. EMPLOYEE HAD CUT WHICH REQUIRED STICHTES AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO TEETH.

April 25, 1986 MD · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Campbell Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BROKEN RIGHT AN5LE. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLEARING LUMPS OF CLAY OFF OF GRIZZLEY. HIS FOOT SLIPPED THRU ONE OF THE 6"X8" OPENING OF THE GRIZZLEY AND HIS ANKLE WAS INJURED AS HE LOST HIS BALAN CE. 3

August 30, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Campbell Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BROKEN LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE APPROACHED WORK AREA NOTNORNALLY HIS OWN AND TRIED TO CLEAN SAND FROM UNDER BELT ROLLERS WITHOUT TELLING OPERATOR. OPERATOR STARTED BELT PINCHING L ABORERS FINGER IN CARRIER ROLLER.

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