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August 2, 1991 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Piccirilli Quarries · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON SCREENING PLANT & WENT TO PUT PROTECTED DOOR BACK ON & IT SLIPPED & FELL CATCHING RT INDEX FINGER

July 8, 1991 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Piccirilli Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING DRIVE CHAIN ON THE BACK HOE AND AMEL WENT TO HIT THE CHAIN WITH HAMMER AND MISSED AND CAUGHT EE S LEFT HAND.

February 1, 1990 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Piccirilli Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAD STONE SLIP FROM HANDS & LAND ON KNEECAP

October 18, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Piccirilli Quarries · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE HAD JUST PUT AWAY HIS TOOLS AND WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE BACK OF HIS OWN PICK-UP. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE REAR BUMPER, TWISTING HIS LEG AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

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