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1983–2026
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July 13, 1989 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sespe Rock Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

GOT ON LOADER CUT HEAD ON BRACKET.

January 7, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sespe Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING CUTTING3EDGE AND IT SLIPPED FROM HANDS AND STRAINED BACK.

November 29, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sespe Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS LIFTING SOME WIRES AND STRAINED HIS BACK

July 1, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Sespe Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME HAD SHOVEL TO CLOSE TO CONVEYOR BELT SHOVEL WAS CAUGHT HE REACHED FOR IT AND HIS GLOVES GOT CAUGHT IN RETURN ROLLER AND ROLLED HIS ARM AND SHOULDER IN IT HE RECEIVED BRUISES AND BELT BU RN ON RIGHT SHOULDER ONLY

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