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March 27, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Powley Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

WORK SHIFT WAS JUST ENDING, DROVE LOARDER TO PARKING AREA, THE WIND WAS BLOWING UP TO 68 MPH AND AS SHE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM THE LOADER WAS HOLDING ON RAIL WITH RIGHT HAND AND SHUTING THE DO OR OF LOADER WITH LEFT HAND, THE WIND CAUGHT DOOR AND CAUSED HER TO LOOSE GRIP ON RAIL. SHE FELLL ON HER BACK TO THE GROUND.

October 15, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Powley Sand & Gravel · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS OPERATING CRUSHER SAW PIECE OF STTL IN MATERIAL SHUT DOWN CRUSHER WAS ATTEMPTING TO RECH PIECE OF STEEL SLIPPED & FELL BACKWARD OVER GUARD RAIL TO GROUND APPROX 10'.

September 13, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Powley Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A WEAR SHOE ON A SPOKANE CRUSHER.WHILE HITTING SHOE WITH A HAMMER TO REMOVE LOCKING PIN,A PIECE FRACTURED OFF THE SHOE AND ENTERED THE RIGHT SIDE OF NECK OF EMPLOYEE.

August 9, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Powley Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING HAMMERS IN SPOKANE CRUSHER WHEN A CHUNK OF STEEL WENT INTO 1ST FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

October 10, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Powley Sand & Gravel · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE INJURED WENT OVER TO THE NEXT DOOR OFFICE TO GET A NEW SUPPLY OF SCALE TICKETS.SHE SET THEM DOWN OUTSIDE THE OFFICE DOOR,STEPPED BACK INSIDE THE OFFICE TO CONVERSE WITH THE BOOKKEEPER,THEN AS SHE LEFT,FORGOT THE BOX OF TICKETS WERE THERE,AND FELL OVER THEM ONTO THE SIDEWALK.SHE GOT UP PROCEEDED TO TAKE THE BOX OF TICKETS INTO THE SCALE ROOM(WHERE SHE WORKS)IT WAS QUITTING TIME

August 25, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Powley Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS WORKING THE FACE OF THE BANK. INSTEAD OF WORKING THE FACE EVENLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE THE OPERATOR WAS DIGGING IN ONE SPOT IN THE MIDDLE, UNDERMINING THE BACK AND CAUSING THE DIRT UP TOP TO COME DOWN ON THE BUCKET AND THE FRONT OF THE LOADED, BURYING THE FRONT OF THE LOADER.

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