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July 22, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Channel & Basin Reclamation Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEFT MIDDLE KNUCKLE CUT BY A PIECE OF FLYING STEEL, BY A NEARBY EE.

April 30, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock & Sand Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN--EE STATEDHE HAD LOWER BACK PAIN00WAS NOT SURE WHAT CUASED IT--HE LATER STATED IT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE TRUCK OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN WHEN HE WAS DOING SOME SHO VELING.

April 13, 1995 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock & Sand Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN OVERSIZE ROCKS OFF OF THE FEEDEER FRIZZLEY. WHILE TRYING OT FREE A ROCK ANOTHER ROCK BESIDE IT ROLLED OVER AN DSMASHED HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT AND AT THE END OF THE FINGER.

August 1, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R-Bar-C Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ELMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING INA OPEN TRENCH HE INFORMED ME AT 6 PM ON 8-3 THAT HE HURT HIS BACK.

June 13, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Channel & Basin Reclamation Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS KNOCKING DOOR OF CONE CRUSHER TO OPEN. DOOR FLEW OPEN AGAINST RIGHT HAND.

March 18, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock & Sand Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON TRUCK. ARM BECAME SORE AT END OF SHIFT. DID NOT REPORT UNTIL MOND 3-21-94.

August 13, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Channel & Basin Reclamation Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD TO CLIMB & PULL HIMSELF INTO WATER TRUCK &/OR EUCLID DAILY. ONE STEP WAS TEMPORARILY BROKEN. COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIP & LEG INITIALLY.

May 10, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Rock & Sand Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING TRAILER TONGUE.

June 2, 1992 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Channel & Basin Reclamation Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF LADDER ONTO UNEVEN GROUND TWISTED ANKLE RESULTING IN FRACTURE

October 4, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Channel & Basin Reclamation Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING THE CRANE LOAD AROUND(STEADYING IT);HE PLACED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE MOTOR PLATE AND A PART IT WAS GOING TO BE SET NEXT TO.THE LOAD SHIFTED TOO FAST AND CAUGHT HIS HAND.HE S HOULD NOT HAVE PUT HIS AHND UNDERNEATH LOAD.

June 8, 1988 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Channel & Basin Reclamation Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE ROCK WITH HANDS FROM CONVEYOR; CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN ROCKS, PINCHING END OF FINGER.

October 30, 1987 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Channel & Basin Reclamation Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING DRIVE1LINE, IT SLIPPED, EMPLOYEE TRIED TO CATCH OR BRACE IT AND SPRAINED SHOULDER AND FOREARM.

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