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1983–2026
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June 5, 1984 WA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Industrial Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE I.NAME WAS DRILLING AT NORMAL WHEN THE HAMMER FEED HOSE ON THE MAST BROKE, THIS AIR HOSE AS IT BLEW SPRAYED I.NAME ACROSS THE FAC E AND EYES SHOOTING DUST AND OTHER FOREIGN BODIES I NTO HIS LEFT EYE

May 15, 1984 WA · Metal/Non-Metal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Industrial Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A SHOT IN THE TOP DECK OF THE QUARRY ON ITS ENTERING EDGE AT 10 20 AM RESULTED IN A ROCK BEING THROWN INTO THE AIR AND CLEARING THE GREENBELT TRAVELING APPROX 800 FTO BEFORE STRIKING AND AD ADJACENT LANDOWNER IN THE LEFT ARM AN OPEN WOUND AND SHATTERED BONE RESULTED FROM WHAT I KNOW AT TIME OF THIS REPORT THE FRACTURE WAS PINNED AND I NAME IS AT VALLEY GEN HOSPITAL IN MONROE THIS

September 16, 1983 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Industrial Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRIBLING WAS USING AN AIR WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLT BOLT HAD EXTREMELY SHARP EDGE AND WHEN HE GRABBED BOLT WITH HARE HAND HE HIT AIR WRENCH AND SPUN BOLT THUS SLICING FINGER

February 28, 1983 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Rock Products Inc · Struck by falling object

CLEANING TAIL PULLEY SECTION OF CONVEYING SYSTEM,ROCK TUMBLED FROM SYSTEM AND LANDED ON LEFT FOOT OF EMPL.

February 17, 1983 WA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

...ROLLING ENGINE OVER STRESSED SPINAL COLUMN AND REQ CHIROPRACTOR TO CORRECT VERTEBRAE SUBLUXATIONS PRESENT.

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