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January 22, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge Corp · Struck by falling object

LAID AXLE ON BARREL, GOT DOWN ON GROUND TO LOOK AT EQUIPMENT, AXLE ROLLED OFF BARREL ONTO RIGHT FOOT CAUSING CONTUSION

November 3, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W J Menefee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING HIMSELF UP ON THE 631B SCRAPER AND PULLED SHOULDER MUSCLE.

September 21, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W J Menefee Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING OFF THE PUGMILL. WHEN HE PULLED BACK ON THE CLUTCH HANDLE, IT BUMPED HIS WRIST WHERE HE HAD A CUT. IT BRUISED THE TENDONS IN HIS WRIST.

August 10, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W J Menefee Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TRYING TO REMOVE BOULDER FROM JAW CRUSHER PICKED UP LARGE ROCK & PULLED SOMETHING

September 22, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W J Menefee Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A LIME COATED SCREEN WHICH RESULTED IN EMPLOYEE GETTING A HERNIA IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN

July 18, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W J Menefee Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHIELD HAD BROKEN OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE CLIMBED DOWN INTO ROCK BIN TO RETRIEVE SHIELD AND IN HIS ATTEMPT TO GET THE SHIELD OUT OF THE BIN PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS ABDOMEN RESULTING IN A HERNIA.

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