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January 24, 2002 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ROLLING AN OXYGEN TANK AND FELT PAIN IN BACK.

August 7, 2001 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING FOR A LADDER AND FELT HIS BACK PULL.

July 11, 2001 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TIPPINGA 55 GAL BARREL THAT WAS APPROX 1/2 FULL OF GREASE AND 1/2 FULL OF WATER TO DRAIN WATER, WHEN EMPLOYEE TIPPED BARREL UPRIGHT, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT ARM.

June 13, 2001 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PATCHING DUCT, EMPLOYEE GOT DUST IN HIS EYE.

February 19, 2001 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE WORKING ON COAL MILL PUMP LIFTED BEARING HOUSING STRAINED BACK.

January 29, 2001 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING ON #188 SCREW - TWISTED BACK AND PULLED MUSCLE.

November 3, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS GUIDING SHAFT UP AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN SHAFT AND BEAM.

June 30, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

METAL SAWHORSE TURNED OVER BACKWARDS STRIKING RIGHT LEG.

June 28, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING #460 PUMP & HIT HIS HEAD AS HE STOOD UP. HE HIT AN I BEAM.

June 13, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roanoke Cement Co., LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

ALKALINE BURNS (PORTLAND CEMENT) TO BOTH ARMS & LEFT ARM PIT. PERSPIRATION AND DUST WAS STICK- ING TO SKIN.

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