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1983–2026
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September 16, 1993 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING CONVEYOR ROLLS ON THE GORUND HWEN HE SLID ONE OF THE ROLLERS ACROSS HIS MIDDLE FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION.

April 7, 1993 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE INJURED ELBO STEPPING OFF COMPRESSOR LADDER.

October 12, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ACCIDNET OCCURRED ON TOP OF JAW CRUSHER WHEN EMPLOYEE PUSHED A LARGE STONE OUT OF HIS WAY AND IT CAME BACK ON HIS FOOT AND FRACTURED HIS SMALL TOE AND THE ONE NEXT TO IT.

October 6, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF REPAIRED EQUIPMENT ONTO A LOADER AND IT AGRAVATED A BACK MUSCLE, WHEN HE GOT UP AND SAT IN THE LOADER HE FOUND HE COULD NOT MOVE.

April 30, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IECE OF DRILLIN1 STEEL AND TWO OF THEM CAME TOGETHER WITH HIS THUMB INBETWEEN

November 5, 1984 VT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L A Demers · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON 4" DISCHARGE HOSE HURT BACK.

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