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Years on record
1983–2026
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February 28, 1991 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schildberg Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED PERSON WAS INSTALLING A LOADER TIRE WHILE TYRING TO LIFT THE TIRE INTO PLACE HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

December 5, 1989 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schildberg Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED PERSON WAS SERVICING LOADER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADD HYDRAULIC OIL TO RESERVOIR ON LOADER TRANFER HOSE CAME OUT OF OPENING STRIKING HIM ON KNEE.

January 10, 1989 IA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schildberg Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED PERSON AND 2 OTHER MEN WERE ATTEMPTING TO MOUNT A BOOM ON AN ENDLOADER BUCKET. WHILE TRYING TO ALIGN THE PIN HOLES, THE BOOM SLIPPED OFF THE BUCKET STRIKING THE INJURED PERSON IN T HE LEFT LEG.

November 13, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gendler Stone Products Company Inc · Struck by flying object

MAN WAS CLEANING DIRT OUT OF BELLY PAN OF D8L PRIOR TO REPAIR WORK FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

June 15, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gendler Stone Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRIED TO REMOVE SAFETY PIN HOLDING BOX UP CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN PIN AND BOX

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