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February 4, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Target Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

BACKING UP LOADER AND HIT BUMP TWISTED HIS BACK.

December 1, 1988 NV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Target Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

WHEN LEAVING THE PIT THE TRUCK WENT INTO FREE WHEELING & THE RETARDER WOULD NOT RESPOND BECAUSE OF A LOOSE HYDRFAULIC LINE AS A SAFE MEANS OF STOPPING THE TGRUCK I.NAME HEADED FOR THE BANK UPO N HITTING THE BANK WHICH WAS SOLID ROCK THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS TORN FROM THE TRUCK & THE TRUCK TURNOVER ONTO ITS RT.SIDE I.NAME WAS NOT INJURED

August 4, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Target Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A 20 POUND TUBE OF PACKAGED EXPLOSIVE FROM A DRILL HOLE, WHEN HE INCURRED A CERVICAL STRAIN.

January 11, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Target Construction Company · Rubbed or abraded

THE WIND WAS BL2WING REAL HARD. THERE WAS ALOT OF DUST IN THE AIR. HE WERE SETTING UP A LIGHT PLANT FOR HIR CREW. WHEN THE LOADERS OPERATOR WAS PUTTING A BUCKET OF MATERIAL IN A TRUCK, THE WIN D CAUGHT IT AND3BLEW IT IN HIS FACE. IT WAS HIS OWN FAULT FOR NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES, AND RUBBING HIS EYES.

July 23, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Target Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A PIECE OF STEE5 FROM GRINDING WHEEL GOT IN EYE.

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