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September 28, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Loring Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

October 16, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Creek Quarries · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS PUTTING TRACK BACK ON FRONT IDLER PULLING & LIFTING STRAINING GROIN MUSCLES.

September 9, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Creek Quarries · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL WAS PULLING ON LEVER TO PEN BIN HE OVEREXERTED HIS BACK HE LOST NO TIME AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE TIME HE LATER WNET TO DR OFF THE JOB REPORTED ACCIDENT TO HIS FORE MAN ON 9-13-88

August 10, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Loring Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING TRUCK DOOR, UNDERGROUND AND HIT TOOTH WITH DOOR CHIPPING TOOTH.

March 7, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Creek Quarries · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL ALLEDGES WHILE LIFTING ROCK OUT OF FEEDER ON CRUSHER EMPL STRAINED CAUSING HIM TO HAVE A SMALL HERNIA.

January 19, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Creek Quarries · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

TWISTED KNEE WH3LE PULLING ELECTRIC WIRE INJURED LEFT KNEE EMPLOYEE ALLEDGED PRIOR INJURY TO SAME KNEE IN MID 1970S NO RECORD ON FILE

December 5, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Creek Quarries · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE BENT O5ER TO PICK UP POST AND STRAINED BACK EMPLOYEE WAS NOT LIFTING AT THE TIME

August 17, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Loring Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING STEEL GUARD AND PULLED A SHOULDER MUSCLES.

August 7, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Loring Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING A TRAILER AXLE.

May 1, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cedar Creek Quarries · Struck by falling object

WAS CHANGING DR3LL STEEL AND DRILL STEEL COUPLER FELL ON HAND CUTTING PALM AND MIDDLE FINGER.

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