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March 20, 1995 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SADDLE OUT OF OMNICONE CRUSHER.

August 29, 1994 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DEBRIS OUT OF HOPPER TWISTED HIS BACK WRONG & INJURED HIMSELF

June 15, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT IS MOVING AN OXYGEN TANK HE TURNED AROUND & SPRAINED HIS BACK

June 2, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BEARING ON C-8 PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN SHAFT & FRAME

March 12, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING UTILITY LOADER COUNTER WEIGHTS AND CUT HIS HAND ON JAG STEEL SHARP EDGES.

September 23, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

REMOVING PICK UP VALVE FROM TERMINATOR CAUGHT HAND ON EDGE OF BURR CAUSING CUT ON LEFT HAND BELOW LITTLE FINGER.

May 8, 1991 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT TO LIFT TRACKING IDLER & COULDNT STRAIGHTE N UP PAIN IN LOWER BACK

November 30, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Struck against stationary object

GARRED IN TRUCK HIT LEFT ELBOW AGAINST TRUCK DOOR

June 1, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING BUCKET TEETH IN PARTS ROOM/GRABBED ONE THAT STARTED TO SLIDE AND TWISTED WRIST.

May 2, 1990 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

GETTING ROCK OF GRIZZLY SMASHED INDEX FINGER.

October 26, 1989 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROLLED ROCK OFF GRISLEY AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN ROCK AND STEEL CUT TOP OF LEFT HAND.

July 26, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM A CONVEYOR AND FROM AROUND THE CONVEYOR AND THROWING THEM ASIDE. HE CAME TO WORK THE NEXT DAY AND REPORTED THAT HIS BACK WAS HURT.

July 29, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING PAD FOR A CRANE.

April 29, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNJAM A KUE KEN CRUSHER WHICH WAS JAMMED WITH ROCKS. HE WAS LIFTING LARGER ROCKS AND THROWING THEM IN TO LOOSEN THE SMALLER ROCKS WHEN HE LIFTED A RATHER LARGE RO CK WHEN HIS BACK WAS INJURED. HE HAS NOTIFIED US THAT HIS CHIROPRACTER SAID E HAS A PINCHED VERTEBRA.

February 17, 1988 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED A BATTERY, TURNED THE WRONG WAY PULLED HIS BACK.

January 7, 1987 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS SHOV9LING AND BENDING AND HE STRAINED HIS BACK

October 25, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PULLED ON METAL BAR WHICH HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD

August 7, 1985 NJ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Riverdale Quarry Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS TURN3NG FLYWHEEL PULLEY BY HAND AND STRAINED BACK

January 6, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Devault Crushed Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CLOSING SLIDING DOORS OF THE SHOP AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN DOOR AND DOOR HANDLE

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