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3,112
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1983–2026
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February 1, 1989 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Pyne Sand & Stone Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

RUNNING FRONT END LOADER IN GRAVEL PIT DROVE INTO BANKING TO GET A LOAD OF GRAVEL AND HIT LEGE THIS STOPPED THE MACHINE SHORT AND CAUSE DTHE OPERTOR TO WRENCH HIS BACK NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NECESSARY THAT DAY EMPL SOUGHT ME0ICAL ATTENTION AFTER FUTHER AGGRAVATION ON THIS DATE

June 27, 1983 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pyne Sand & Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE THINKS HIS BACK WAS STRAINED WHEN HE REMOVED A ROCK FROM THE CRUSHER. THE NEXT MORNING HE WOKE UP WITH BACK PAIN.

April 14, 1983 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Pyne Sand & Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE USING A CHAIN SAW HE FELT PAIN IN HIS CHES.

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