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July 22, 1999 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER BUCKET WHICH WAS LOCATED IN PIT WHEN HE STRAINED OR SPRAINED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

June 12, 1999 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING AROUND CRUSHER AND TRAIN UNLOAD OPERATION.HE FEELS HE STRAINED BACK MUSCLES IRRITATING AN OLD PREVIOUS INJURY. WENT TO DOCTOR 06-14-99.

May 15, 1999 AK · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PLANK BY HIMSELF WHICH WAS BIG ENOUGH TO REQUIRE HELP. DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, WHEN IT BECAME MORE AGGRAVATED.

November 9, 1998 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING UP ONTO TRACK OF BACKHOE ON TAKE OFF FROM GROUND, HE FELT A POP IN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG, CAUSING IMMEDIATE PAIN AND SORENESS IN HIS RIGHT CALF.

October 30, 1998 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A RELEASE BAR WHILE RELEASING CHAIN BINDER ON THE LOWBOY. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HARD HAT.

July 10, 1998 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLOSING TRAIN DOORS AFTER UNLOADING. HE WAS WEARING RUBBER BOOTS. AT END OF SHIFT FOOT WAS SORE. HAD BEEN USING FOOT TO HELP CLOSE DOORS.

September 5, 1995 AK · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS UNLOADING CRUSHER PARTS FROM A SHIPMENT PALLET WHEN A PART SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS FINGER FRACTURING THE FINGER TIP.

September 24, 1993 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Struck by falling object

WORKER WAS REMOVING A STEEL DRUM FROM A FEEDER, WHEN HE DROPPED THE DRUM ON HIS TOE. WORKER WAS WEARING STEEL TOED BOOTS AT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. AFTER INITIAL EXAM, DRS. FELT THERE WAS NO INJ URY; UPON CLOSER EXAM (5 DAYS LATER), IT WAS DETERMINED BONE IN THE LITTLE TOE WAS CHIPPED.

June 8, 1990 AK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wilder Construction Company · Struck by falling object

WORKER BUMPED TABLE * CASUED WEIGHT TO FALL FROM TABLE STRIKING WORKER ON TOE.

April 25, 1986 AK · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers & Babler · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKER TRIED TO3CATCH A FALLING IMPACT WRENCH. WEIGHT OF WRENCH THRUST HIS HAND DOWNWARD SMASHING IT AGAINST NEARBY ANVIL.

October 19, 1985 AK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers & Babler · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS UNLOADING RAILROAD CARS CONTAINING GRAVEL. RAILROAD CAR DOOR WAS SLIGHTLY FROZEN. IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE DOOR OPEN, WORKER STRAINED HIS BACK.

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