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November 15, 2010 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kirby & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE filled fluids in EQ. then went to put charger on the loader, he bent over and felt a sharp pain in his back. EE is complaining of severe pain and is being taken to the local hospital.

October 21, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kirby & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

He was trying to lift an electric motor up with a chain and a chain binder. The binder slipped and smashed his pinkie finger between the binder and the electric motor. The pinkie was gashed open and the tip of the finger was chipped and required to be sutured.

September 13, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kirby & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A RUBBER STRAP BROKE AND THE METAL HOOK CUT HIS HEAD.

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