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October 28, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sanders Quarry Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PIN I.NAME CLEAN OUT CLOGGED CHUTS THAT FED CONVEYOR GOING TO THE SYNTRON FEEDER BIN WHEN COMING DOWN STEP LADDER SLIPPED ON ASTEP & FELL APPROX.2 FT.FROM THE GROUND ON HER B ACK 3

October 21, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sanders Quarry Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING FROM UPPERLEVEL OF PLANT WHERE THE TRUCKS DUMP INTO FEEDER TO JAW TO THE FLOOR LEVEL OF CRUSHING PLANT HE SLIPPED AND FELL IT HAD RAINED THAT MORNING BEFORE SHIFT STARTED THE PATH WAS 4ET BUT NOT SLICK HIS SOLE ON SHOE HAD COME LOOSE ABOUT HALF WAY BACK

July 15, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Sanders Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

T RAMMING DOWN 10% GRADE IN CAT 950 FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR LOST CONTROL & JUMED FROM EQUIPMENT

March 17, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sanders Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HOOKING UP AIR 7OMPRESSOR TO TRUCK AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

December 3, 1985 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Sanders Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

AN OVERSIZE ROC5 HUNG UP IN MOUTH OF 5 1/2 CRUSHER CAUSING ROCK TO BACK UP IN SHOOT FEEDING CRUSHER. I.NAME STUCK HIS HAND INTO CRUSHER TO TAKE ROCKS OUT OF IT - ANOTHER ROCK FELL AND HIT HIS FINGER HE WAS T2LD NOT TO PUT HIS HAND IN CUSHER JUST BEFORE ACCIDENT

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