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November 27, 1995 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Overton Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from ladders

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO DEWATERING SCREW TO DRAIN FOR EVENING. WHILE CLIMBING HE SLIPPED AND BANGED HIS KNEE ON THE BOTTOM STEP.

August 25, 1988 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Overton Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

TWO MEN CARRYING A PIPE, ONE MAN DROPPED HIS END OF PIPE AND CAUSED LACERATION ON OTHER MANS LEFT HAND. EMPLOYEES HAND WAS ATTENDED BY PHYSICIAN AND RETURNED TO WORK SAME DAY.

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