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1983–2026
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February 25, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN SLIPPED ON 7OP OF RR CAR WHILE LOADING SAND. FELL INTO HOLE ON TOP OF CAR BRUSING HIS LOWER BACK.

July 11, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN STANDING ON PLUGGED PIPE WHILE PUMP WAS TURNED ON. PIPE MOVED KNOCKING MAN DOWN AND PINNING HIS LEGS ON ANGLE IRON FRAM AND CONCRETE PIER. EMPLOYEE FRACTURED BONE IN RIGHT LOWER LEG AND C HIPPED BONE IN ANKLE.

November 7, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Struck by powered moving object

WE WERE HAULING OVERBURDEN WITH OUR SCRAPERS FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE EAST SIDE FOR CONSOLIDATED ZEMI CORPORATION. THE OPERATOR OF THIS SCRAPER SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE TRAIN AND IT STRUCK HIS MACHINE.

June 12, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A FEW #1 SAMPLES OF SAND DOWN STAIRS AND STRAINED BACK.

November 18, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Consolidated Zemi Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS IN THE OPERATORS SEAT WITH HAND IN DOOR OPENING WIND BLEW DOOR WHICH WAS NOT LATCHED DOOR CAUGHT THUMB ONLEFT HAND

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