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December 8, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

WAS LOADING TRUCKS WITH LOADER SNOW AND ICE ON METAL DECK AND LADDER SHUT DOWN LOADER STARTED TO DISMOUNT AND SLIPPED ON ICE ON LADDER LOST FOOTING AND FELL ON GROUND

April 20, 1988 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CLEANING METAL WITH GRINDER. GRINDER HIT A PIECE OF METAL , KICKED BACK, LOST CONTROL WITH ONE HAND. GRINDER HIT HIM IN FACE AND NECK. CAUSED NECK ABRASION, CUT THROUGH LIP TO NOSE.

April 25, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME REMOVING3INSULATION FROM WIRE WITH UTILITY KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT PALM.

December 15, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OVEREXERTION WH3LE LIFTING CONVEYOR CHUTE INTO PLACE

July 17, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

I,NAME WAS RUNN3NG OPERATOR LOADER WHEN IT JARRED HIM BACK INTO THE SEAT INJURING HIS MIDDLE AND UPPER BACK.

April 14, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler MACHINERY
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE HE WAS SH2VELING MATERIAL FROM UNDER SCREEN I.NAME WAS HIT ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD BY A ROCK THAT BOUNCED OFF THE SCREEN DECK

January 3, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER HIT A DI1 IN THE ROAD SEAT BOTTOMED OUT AND THE OPERATOR I.NAME JARRED HIS BACK

June 12, 1985 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
G & A Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

A TOOTH ON THE 8HANK POPPED OFF AND HIT OPERATOR, I.NAME IN THE HEAD, TOOTH WAS BOUND ON THE SHANK

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