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1983–2026
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October 15, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & M Lime Company Incorporated · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A V-BELT ON A MOTOR WHEN HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BECAME LODGED BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE SHEAVE. A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WAS MANUALLY TURNING THE SHEAVE AT THE TIME. NO POWERE D MOVEMENT OF BELT OR SHEAVE TOOK PLACE.

June 24, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & M Lime Company Incorporated · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNEE PAIN STARTED 5-13-96 WHILE CLIMBING ON AND OFF THE DRILL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRILLING AND SETTING SIGHTS IN THE MINE. KNEE PAIN PROGRESSED UNTIL 6-24-96 AT WHICH TIME THE EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE HIS KNEE CHECKED BY DR.

March 18, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M & M Lime Company Incorporated · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OVERSTRAINING WHILE LIFTING A RAILROAD TIE EMPLOYEE WENT TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM ON 03-19=93 & RECEIVED AN DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMATION OF A SPERMT RACT HE WENT TO ANOTHER DOC ON 03-29-93 WHO RECOMME NDED A THIRD DOC T HIRD DOC DIAGNOSED THE EMPLOYEE WIT H A DOUBLE HERNIA ON 03-31-93

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