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July 14, 1999 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE ALLEGES HELPING CUSTOMER LOAD BLOCK ROCK BY HAND. THOUGHT PAIN IN LOWER BACK WOULD GO AWAY.

June 9, 1999 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING REG MAINTANCE, EE ALLEGIES BEGAN TO FEEL PAIN IN SHOULDER WHICH INCREASED DURING AFTERNOON EE WENT TO DR

December 3, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALLEDGED BACK PAIN FROM WORKING ON CRUSHER.

November 24, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADER HAD PULLED A LOG BESIDE ANOTHER LOG AND EE WAS CHAINING THEM TOGETHER. HE HAD CLEANED OUT SPACE TO RUN CHAIN UNDER THE LOG AND WAS PUSHING THE CHAIN UNDER THE LOG WHEN OTHER LOG ROLLED PINNING ARM.

July 29, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLPOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS CRAWLING OUT OF EUCLID AFTER SHOOTING SHOT. HE SWUNG DOWN FRON EUCLID TO GROUND WITHOUT PROPER HOLD. TWISTED LEFT SIDE OF RIBS.

May 17, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS CLEANING OUT TRUCK BED WITH SHOVEL. WHEN HE STRAIGHTENED UP HE HAD PAIN ON RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER STOMACH.

May 7, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS FEEDING BELT BACK ON IMPACT II PULLEY. HE GOT HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY.

April 1, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE CHANGING SCREENS ON PLANT. HE HAD HIS THUMB STUCK THROUGH SCREEN WHEN THEY DROPPED IT DOWN.

March 28, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THEY WERE CHANGING SCREEN ON PLANT. LIFTING SCREEN FROM GROUND TO PUT ON TOP DECK OF SCREENING PLANT.

December 11, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING BELT BACK ON SCALPING SCREEN & MOTOR. MOTOR IS BASED ON SWIVEL TO KEEP TENSION ON BELT. THEY RAISED MOTOR UP TO PUT BELT ON & MOTOR SLIPPED PINNING HAND BETWEEN IT & FRAME.

July 29, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING WHEEL FROM TRUCK & DROPPED WHEEL ON HAND

March 4, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DID SOMETHING TO LEFT SIDE OF CHEST WHILE CHANGING SCREEN BOLTS.

January 23, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE LIFTED AN OXYGEN BOTTLE AND DROPPED IT ON HIS FOOT.

May 8, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING DRIL AND BUMPED HIS KNEE AGAINST A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON EXTENDING FROM THE TRUCK.

February 28, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A PIECE OF CAHNNEL IRON.ONE EMPLOYEE LOST HIS GRIP AND THE PIECE OF IRON FELL ON HAND.

September 22, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING DOZER INTO POSITION TO FUEL IT. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD LEFT PART OF FUEL HOSE IN ROAD. IT WAS NECESSARY TO MOVE LOWER PART OF HOSE. AS HE PICKED UP THE HOSE, THE HANGING SHUT OFF NOZZLE FELL AND STRUCK HIS FACE.

March 7, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING ON IMPACTOR AND CHANGING HAMMERS. AS THEY WERE ROTATING HAMMERS, ONE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT LEG AT THE KNEE. BRUISED INSIDE OF HIS LEG.

February 28, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO POSITION ROUGH ROCK IN HIS TRUCK BED AND HIS ANKLE GOT TWISTED. NO REPORT WAS MADE OF THIS UNTIL A BILL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE DR AFTER HE TREATED HIM ON 3-2-90.

June 8, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

ON JUNE 8 THIS EMPLOYEE REPORTED TO HIS FOREMAN THAT HIS FOOT WAS HURTING HE TOLD HIM HE HAD DROPPED A PIECE OF SCREENING ON HIS FOOT ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE FOREMAN SENT HIM TO THE DOC ON JUN E 8 & HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH INFECTION IN HIS FOOT

November 25, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

DOZER WAS STUCK1THEY WERE USING RR TIES TO TRY AND GET DOZER OUT.ONE OF THE RR TIES FELL OVER AGAINST THE SHOULDER OF THE EMPLOYEE.

August 12, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

QUARRY PICKUP S7ALLED IN FRONT OF CRUSHER. HAD TO GET IT OUT OF WAY. WAS GOING TO PULL IT WITH A CHAIN, SEVERAL MEN WERE CLOSE AND DECIDED TO PUSH IT OUT OF THE WAY. THE CHAIN WAS BEHIND THE PICKUP. HE BENT3DOWN TO PICK UP CHAIN AND HAD HIS BACK TO PICKUP. IT WAS PUSHED INTO HIM INJURING LEG, HIP & BACK

November 23, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING UP LADDER ON LOADER AND THREW BACK OUT OF PLACE.

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