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December 10, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sam Sanders Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING HUB (HOUSING FROM LOG) WHEN LIFT-ING ACTION CREATED SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

August 27, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A LOADER TOOTH WHEN A PIECE OF METAL STRUCK HIS ABDOMEN.

July 3, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sam Sanders Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD DOZER ON TRAILER. HE WAS PUSHING DOWN ON BOOMER WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND SWUNG AROUND, HITTING HIM ON RIGHTELBOW.

June 7, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A TIRE ON A LOADER WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER.

March 12, 2002 NM · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A BEARING FROM A SHAFT, THE BEARING SLIPPED, STRIKING HIS HAND, BRUISING IT.

September 27, 2001 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING UNDER A CONVEYOR WHEN HIS KNEE POPPED.

July 17, 2001 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND A CONVEYOR WHEN A BELT SLIPPED, STRIKING HIM IN THE GROIN AREA.

August 17, 2000 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO STRAIGHTEN A WALL OF THE PRIMARY WHEN A CHAIN BEING USED SNAPPED, STRIKING HIS LEG.

July 10, 2000 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
K Barnett & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LIFT A SCREEN WHEN THE MUSCLE IN HIS ARM POPPED OUT OF PLACE.

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