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1983–2026
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April 6, 1988 NM · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Springer Building Materials Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLED MATERIAL ON TUNNEL FLOOR BACK ON THE TUNNEL CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE STRAINED THE MUSCLES IN HIS NECK.

March 29, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Paving Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STANDING BY CHUTE BROKE A CHUNK OF ASPHALT WITH RIGHT FOOT. CATCHING FOOT IN MATERIAL WHICH RESULTED IN A DEEP BRUISE X RAYS WERE NEGATIVE.

February 25, 1988 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mobile Premix Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HANDING SCREEN MATERIAL CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN SCREEN AND FRACTURED TIP OF FINGERS BETWEEN SCREEN AND FRACTURED TIP OF FINGERS.BACK PLATE AT SCREEN FRAME WORK.

August 11, 1987 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Paving Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE AND AN2THER EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING A ROCK FROM CRUSHER CONE. WHEN LIFTING ROCK OUT OF CONE, EMPLOYEE HURT LEFT HIP.

June 4, 1986 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mobile Premix Company · Struck by falling object

HOLDING A 2" PI9CE OF STEEL, THE EMPLOYEE DROPPED ONE SIDE AND IT PUNCTURED HIS LEG. THIS ACCIDENT REPORTED TO US 5 DAYS LATE ON 6-9-86

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