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1983–2026
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October 25, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · MACHINERY
Allegheny Sand Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME WAS GUIDING A GRADELL INTO PLACE TO BREAK UP CARBON BLOCKS STANDING BY THE DRIVERS DOOR I NAME TOLD THE TURRET OPERATOR OK SWING THE BOOM AROUND TO CHECK THE CLEARANCE UNKNOWN TO THE TU RRET OPERATOR & VEHICLE DRIVER I NAME APPARANTLYTHEN MOVED REARWARD & WAS PINNED AGAINST THE WALL BY THE REAR OF THE TURRET WHY I NAME MOVED FROM HIS SAFE POSITION IS UNKNOWN

March 21, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Allegheny Sand Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING THE TRUNION FROM THE DRYER A CHAIN ATTACHED TO THE BOOM OF THE CRANE SWUNG & HIT I NAME ON THE RT SIDE OF HIS FACE ONE TOOTH WAS CRACKED & REMOVED AFTER SENDING I NAME TO THE DE NTIST

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