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273,193
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1,202
Years on record
2000–2026
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October 1, 2000 AK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Tuluksak Dredging Ltd · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIGHT WRIST TENDONITIS.

August 27, 2000 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tuluksak Dredging Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SOFT TISSUE INJURY OF MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND(BLOOD BLISTER). BECAME INFECTED. STRUCK BY CASING WRENCH.

August 27, 2000 AK · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuluksak Dredging Ltd · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON SMALL HILL, FEET SLIPPED, EE FELL ON BUTTOCKS. NECK PAIN THAT EVENING WHICH PERSISTED.

May 30, 2000 AK · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Tuluksak Dredging Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE NOT FOLLOWING SAFTY INFECTIONS CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN DRIVE BLOCK AND DRIVE HEAD OF CHURN DRILL WHEN HE WAS DISTRACTED.

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