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November 24, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTS THAT HE IS SUFFERING FROM CARPAL TUNNEL IN BOTH HANDS FROM REPEATED USE OF HAND TOOLS.

September 15, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING INGERSOL RAND JACK HAMMER WHILE HOLDING HOLES IN BOLTERS. WHILE DOING SO HE FELTBACK PAIN

August 4, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE COULD NOT RECALL DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT. THE LAST THING SHE RECALLS IS PREPARING A SAMPLE FOR GRADATION IN THE LAB. INJURY IS CONSISTENT OF A FALL.

January 23, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON THE DIFFERENTIAL OF A MICHIGAN LOADER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER WITH A HAMMER.

March 8, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING MOTOR OUT OF WAREHOUSE AND WAS PULLING MOTOR ACROSS FLOOR. MOTOT HIT CRACK IN FLOOR AND CAUSED EMP TO JERK BACK AND FORTH STRAINING BACK.

November 24, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEPTING TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK WHICH WAS LODGED IN CRUSHER OPENING. FOLLOWING PAST PRACTICE, A HOOK WAS LOWERED BY CRANE INTO CRUSHER WITH IDEA OF HOOKING ROCK AND BY LIFTING, WOULD R OLL ROCK INTO POSITION THAT IT WOULD FALL INTO CRUSHER AND BE CRUSHED. HOOK SLIPPED FROM ROCK WHILE BEING LIFTED BY CRANE, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT ARM ABOVE THE WRIST.

April 23, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROCK TO PLACE UNDER THE TIRE OF THE END LOADER, WHICH WAS STUCK IN THE MUD, AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LEFT ARM.

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