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August 27, 1999 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dakota Granite Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS GETTING DOWN OFF THE SLOT DRILL AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT FOOT. THE PAIN WORSENED AS TIME PAST. ON 9-2-99 HE SAW A DR. AND FOUND HE HAD A BROKEN BONE IN HIS FOOT.

June 26, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dakota Granite Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE BENDING AND LIFTING DRILL STEEL HIS BACK BECAME SORE IN THE LOWER PART OF HIS BACK.

June 2, 1998 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dakota Granite Company · Struck by falling object

MOVING 3" AIRHOSE CARRYING HOSE WHERE HOSE IS SPLICED TOGETHER WHEN HE DROPPED THE HOSE SPLICE ON HIS FOOT, HOSE SPLICE LANDED ON HIS FOOT BEHIND THE STEEL TOE CAUSING BRUISING AND SWELLING.

March 8, 1993 SD · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dakota Granite Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING A DRILL LINE ON A GRANITE LEDGE WHEN A LEWIS PIN FELL OUT OF THE DERRICK HOOK AND STRUCK HIM ON THE HAND.

May 12, 1989 SD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Field Granite International Ltd · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFTING DUST COLLECTOR INTO PICKUP TRUCK WHEN GRIP SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO GRASP ALL WEIGHT ON RT ARM. RESULT PULLED MUSCLE RT ARM.

February 15, 1988 SD · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Field Granite International Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING SKIP CHAINS OFF 992 CAT LOADER HE TOOK PIN OUT & DROPPED CHAINS TO GROUND WHEN HIS INDEX FINGER ON RT.HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAIN & CLEVIS SMASHING THE END OF FINGER

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