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June 28, 2009 CA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting hydraulic pump and strained lower back.

July 16, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was carrying bags of ANFO to drill holes on a quarry bench. He indicated the next morning that his lower back was sore but that the condition may be due to a previous injury with another employer.

June 24, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was removing cutting edges from a CAT 988B loader and lacerated left middle finger on sharp edge on a bolt.

March 7, 2006 CA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
ACCP · Struck against stationary object

Employee was hand-loading cobbles into loader bucket to clean around base of stairs. He was facing away from the loader and tossing cobbles backwards. Cobbles were next to a metal platform. He struck left elbow on metal frame causing large contusion just above elbow.

March 17, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER

February 9, 2004 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J F Shea Co Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING CRUSHER PARTS AND CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A SHARP PIECE OF METAL.

August 16, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J F Shea Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE DID NOT REPORT AS WORK RELATED INJURY UNTI 8/24/00 EE WAS CLEANING OUT CONVEYOR TUNNEL USING 5 GAL BUCKETS & INJURED CHEST MUSCLE WHEN HE LIFTED OF THE BUCKETS

June 19, 2000 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fawndale Rock & Asphalt · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GUARD TO REPLACE BEARING ON HEAD PULLEY. WHILE LIFTING OPEN TOP PORTION OF GUARD, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND SLIPPED & BOTTOMOF GUARD CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN GUARD AND FRAME MEMBER.

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