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739,488
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3,112
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1983–2026
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September 29, 1998 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
L Garcia Saavedra Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING THE CRUSHER, THE OPERATOR WAS USING A PRYING BAR TO EASE A BOULDER INTO THE CRUSHERS JAW AND THE BAR SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND IMPACTED HIM ON THE NOSE. THE EE WAS TAKEN TO TH E HOSPITAL.

September 7, 1995 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L Garcia Saavedra Inc · Fall from machine

EE MOUNTING THE LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE LADDER AND FELL AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL AND INJURED THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

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