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1983–2026
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October 7, 1994 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE POLISHING A PART, A FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

January 25, 1991 PR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE: LOWERED OXYGEN OR ACETELNE CYLINDER FROM PICK-UP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN AT HIS WAIST.

July 31, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS IS A TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH(WHILE WORKING A PIPE WITH A POLISHER A PARTICLE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

September 26, 1989 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE INJURED WAS CLEANING AN AREA OUTSIDE HE STEPPED WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT ON A PIECE OF METAL. NOTE: THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF A SPANISH NARRATIVE.

August 30, 1989 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Contact with electrical current

WHILE OPER PLANT HE BURNED HIMSELF ON ELECTRIC BOX

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