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May 9, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jasper Construction Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING 5T PRIMARY #2 STEPPED IN & TWISTED RIGHT FOOT.

March 21, 1986 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jasper Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING TRUCK ON INCLINE STRUCK POT HOLE IN RAMP

September 18, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jasper Construction Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE UNLOADING MATERIAL ON BACK HAUL ROAD,JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK AND INJURED HIIED HIMSELF.

June 25, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Jasper Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE DRIVES A CAT 769B END DUMP, HAULING ROCK TO THE CRUSHER. AS EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING UP THE RAMP OUT OF THE QUARRY PIT, THE WINDSHIELD RUBBER GASKET BECAME WRAPPED AROUND THE STEERING WHE

April 20, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jasper Construction Company · Fall from machine

WHILE ADDING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO A DOZER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL FROM DOZER TRACKS STRIKING HIS LEFT ELBOW THE TRACKS WERE WET & MUDDY DUE TO INCLIMATE WEATHER. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A BRUISED & SPRAINED ELBOW

April 9, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jasper Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

WHILE FEEDING THE SECONDARY PLANT, USING A FRONT END LOADER, THE ENGINE DIED, THE OPERATOR FROZE, THE LOADER ROLLED DOWN THE SURGE PILE INTO THE GAB PILE, RESULTING IN THE EMPLOYEES WHIPLASH I NJURY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR LOADER OR WORK AREA AS THIS WAS HIS FIRST DAY WORKING IN THIS AREA.

March 26, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jasper Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP ALLEGES WHILE WORKING ON DIESEL ENGINE HE WAS IN A STRAINED POSTION AND FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS STOMACH

August 17, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jasper Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS REPLACING THE TRACK ON THE NORTHWEST SHOVEL WHICH HAD WALKED OUT OF ITS TRACK. WHEN HE PULLED THE TRACK PIN HE WAS STANDING TOO CLOSE AND THE TRACK HIT HIS ANKLE

August 12, 1983 GA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jasper Construction Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOWARD PRICE WAS TRYING TO REALIGN THE DRILL WHEN THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED HE SLIPPED AND FLL APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET TO THE GROUND

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