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May 23, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hutchens Construction Co. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was moving some blocks and felt a strain in the abdomen. Employee was sent to the ER as soon as we were notified of the possible injury. Employee thinks they might have caused a hernia in the stomach.

June 4, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hutchens Construction Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was unhooking a chain that was between a tractor/rockbreaker and a boulder, had his hand up on the guard rail when the rock breaker slid back and on top of his finger smashing it.

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