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March 4, 1999 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R.A. Cullinan & Son, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BEND STEEL TO MAKE A SKID TO MOVE HOPPER, CHAIN SLIPPED OFF AND GRAZED INDIVIDUALS RIGHT SIDE OF RIGHT LEG AT THE KNEE.

August 31, 1995 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peoria Blacktop Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PERSON PINCHED MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN TWO PIECES CONCRETE SPOKITTING END OF FINGER TO HAVE STITCHES PUT IN FINGER.

December 10, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peoria Blacktop Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE CAME TO WORK COMPLAINING THAT HIS BACK WAS BOTHERING HIM. SAID HE WOKE UP WITH A BACKACHE SATURDAY MORNING AND IT WAS HURTING TOO MUCH TO WORK. WENT DR.'S ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. BACK WAS NOT BOTHERING HIM WHEN HE LEFT WORK ON FRIDAY WHEN WE CLOSED DOWN FOR THE WEEKEND. SAID HE MAY HAVE DONE IT LIFTING ROCK OUT OF CRUSHER.

July 17, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Peoria Blacktop Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL REMOVED SAFETY SHIELD FROM FACE WHILE PLACING SCRAP STEEL IN SCRAP BIN AND HIT LEFT CHEEK ON FACE WITH HOT END CAUSING BURN TO FACE.EMPL NOT TAKING EXTREME CAUTION IN WHAT HE WAS DOING.

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