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November 24, 1986 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Marron Brothers Inc · Struck by powered moving object

DRIVER DID NOT 8ET BRAKES PROPERLY.DRIVER WAS OUT OF THE TRUCK WHEN TRUCK BEGAN TO ROLL AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH DRIVER.LEG WAS OPERATED ON FOR BLOOD FLOW IMPAIRMENT AND SIDE WAS BRUISED.

February 22, 1984 CA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Marron Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOTOR BACK FIRED ON COMPRESSION, STROKE KICKED HANDLE. BACK BENT RIGHT HAND OF OPERATOR BACK TO ARM AND HANDLE CAME BACK AND HIT RIGHT WRIST.

September 9, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Marron Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING HAND CRANK ON PONEY MOTOR PULLED UP TO COMPRESSION AND PUSHED HANDLE THRU TO START AND IT BACKFIRED.

May 25, 1983 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marron Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TOOK CHAIN LOOSE SO CONVEYOR COULD BE PICKED UP WITH ANOTHER LOADER.CONVEYOR SLID OFF LOADER AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND GROUND.

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