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August 18, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE HAD HI8 ARMS RAISED OVER HIS HEAD CHANGING STEEL ON AIR TRACK AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

January 21, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE SITTIN1 ON WOODEN BENCH IN 4 MINE CHANGEROOM. HE CHANGED POSITIONS AND FELT A SILVER ENTER HIS RIGHT LEG.

September 2, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SQUATT9D TO PICK UP TOOLS IN MANCAGE, KNEE SNAPPED AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN LEG OUT. EMPLOYEE SNAPPED KNEE BACK IN PLACE.

June 5, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal master electrician HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING3INTO LONG HOLE TRUCK AS HE BOOSTED HIMSELF UP INTO CAB HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON IRON PIPE PART OF THE ROOF WHICH DROVE HIM BACK TO THE GROUND. THE EE HAD SOME DISLOCATED VERT BRAE IN HIS NEC5 & BACK.

March 11, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL FIBER-GLAS8ING CAR COVERS AND NOT WEARING ANY GLOVES.

February 26, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE REMOVE8 DISCHARGE HOSE TO PUT IN NEW SAFETY VALVE THE LINE HAD SOME CHEMICAL LEFT IN IT HE GOT SOME ON HIS HANDS

December 9, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

VENT DOOR WAS L5YING IN DRIFT EMP TRIED TO TIP DOOR OVER AGAINST THE WALL OF THE DRIFT AS HE WAS LIFTING ON THE DOOR HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LWER BACK

December 5, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS WORKING3OUTSIDE BY THE #4 MINE SHAFT COVER HE BENT OVER AND LIFTED ON THE END OF THE SIX INCH PIPE I NAME FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER RT ABDOMEN

September 18, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP DOING WORK 7HAT REQUIRED USING ARMS POSTIIONED ABOVE HAD AND SHOULDER LEVEL

July 9, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal cage/cager/station attendant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED STEPPED INTO THE TRAMMER AND AS HE TURNED TO START IT, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

May 23, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED CLAIMED HE BENT OVER TO PICK HIS MACHINE UP AND WHEN HE STRAIGHTEN UP, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

April 30, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS PULLING POWDER CAR OFF SKIP AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN POWDER CAR AND SKIP DOOR

April 16, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED CLAIMED HE HAD THE MACHINE ON A DRILL STEEL THAT WAS IN THE BOTTOM HOLE. WHEN HE WENT TO TAKE MACHINE OFF DRILL STEEL, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

March 4, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WAS HOOKING CHAIN TO CRANE HOOK AND GOT HIS FINGER PINCHED BETWEEN THE HOOK AND CHAIN.

January 30, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJ DLAIMED HE WAS PULLING ON AHOSE CONNECTED TO P UMP TO PUT IT IN THE LOADER BUCKET AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER

December 13, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING MECHANIC TO STEADY PUMP CASING & AS HE WAS PUSHING HE GOT HIS FINGER PINCHED.

November 5, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CLEANING WORK AREA AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP MINE CAR WHEEL.AS HE STOOD UP HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BALOST TIME BEGAN 11-7-84.

November 1, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING OLD SLIDES AND AS HE PICKED UP LOAD,ONE WAS X-WAYS ON FORKS.INJ GOT OFF LOADER AND PICKED UP SLIDE AND DROPPED IT INTO PLACE ON FORKS.SLIDE HIT FEED SCREW AND IT CAME UP STRIKING INJ IN MOUTH.

October 26, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED CLAIMED HE WAS PUSHING LIGHT FIXTURES INTO MAN CAR WHEN THE TOP ON BECAME STUCK. INJURED PUSHED ON IT AND HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF HITTING THE EDGE OF THE FIXTURE UNDERNEATH.

October 16, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED CLAIMED HE WAS SCALING AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RT SHOULDER LIGHT DUTY BEGAN 10 18 84

October 11, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

INJURED WENT HOME AFTER WORK AND DURING THE EVENING HIS RIGHT ARM BECAME INFLAMED HE NOTICED A SMALL CUT ONTHE PALM OF HIS RIGHT HAND WHICH PROBABLY CAUSED THE INFECTION

September 28, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED CLAIMED SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER HE WAS USING HIS PALM TO HIT THE DUMP LEVER OF THE TRUCK.

September 7, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED WAS RETURNING WITH EMPTY CARS AND SAW A PIECE OF CABLE BESIDE THE TRACK. INJURED STOPPED AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP THE CABLE; TURNED AND STOOD UP HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST THE PIPELINE.

July 31, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED AND HELPER WAS CARRYING A 2B BATTERY AND AFTER INJURED SET IT DOWN, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

July 18, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal scoop tram operator, load/haul/dump operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck against stationary object

INJURED STEPPED OFF LOADER TO ANSER TELEPHONE AND REACH HIS HAND AROUND THE BACK OF THE LOADER SEAT FOR BALANCE AND A SMALL SHARP PIECE OF STEEL ON THE SEAT WENT INTO HIS HAND.

March 28, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HAD ONE FOOT ON THE DECK BETWEEN BOOMS AND THE OTHER FOOT ON THE JACK OF THE JUMBO. HE HAD HIS RIGHT HAND ON ONE OF THE HOSES ON THE BOOM TRYING TO PULL HIMSELF UP AND HIS RIGHT FOOT S LIPPED OFF FROM THE JACK AND HE FELT A PAIN IN THE AREA OF HIS GROIN. LOST TIME BEGUN 3-29-84.

March 13, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED CLAIMED HE WAS PICKING UP STEEL THAT LAID UNDER HIS STEEL RACK. HE WAS GOING TO PUT THE STEEL ON THE RACK & IN DOING SO A STEEL THAT WAS ALREADY ON THE RACK FELL OFF THE RACK, STRI KING INJURED ON THE FOOT.

March 5, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED CLAIMED HE WAS BENT OVER UNDER DISCHARGE LINE REACHING INTO TRANSFORMER STATION TO REMOVE CABLE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

February 7, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SLAMMING TAILGATE TO LOOSE MUCK IN BOX AND FEL T A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

February 1, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED AND HELPER WAS LIFTING 4" PIPE INTO BUCKET AND INJURED HAD TO PULL THE PIPE TO GET THE END INTO THE BUCKET AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK

January 20, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED WAS PULLING 100\ OF HOSE TO TOP OF STOPE AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.

January 16, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED CLAIMED HE WAS LIFTING MACHINE FROM ONE DRILL STEEL TO ANOTHER AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS STOMACH.

December 22, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED CLAIMED HE WAS PULLING 4\ STEEL OUT OF HOLE AND WHEN THE STEEL CAME OUT OF THE HOLE, IT HIT A SMALL CHUNK, CAUSING THE CHUNK TO FALL, STRIKING INJURED.

November 28, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS CROSSING OVER MUCK PILE AT BOTTOM OF STOPE AND FAILED TO SIGNAL SCRAPERMAN WHO WAS REPAIRING CABLE ABOVE. INJURED WAS STRUCK BY CHUNK WHICH CAME LOOSE FROM MUCK PILE THAT SCRAPERM AN WAS REPAIRING CABLE ON

November 10, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS PULLING DOWN A BRANCH AND IT BROKE, STRIKING INJURED ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD

October 31, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INJURED CLAIMED HE WAS PUSHING STOPPER LEG WITH HIS RT LOWER LEG & HEARD A SNAP & FELT PAIN IN HIS KNEE LOST TIME BEGAN 110183

October 17, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal hand loader, hand trammer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED CLAIMED HE HAD A PIECE OF FIRING LINE TO TIE STEEL ON LOADER HAD NO KNIFE TO CUT WIRE SO HE WAS RUBBING IT ON THE BACK OF THE LOADER SEAT AND WIRE BROKE CAUSING INJURED TO CUT HIS WRIS T OF THE WIRE

October 14, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PIPE HAD COME OFF THE FORKLIFT SIDEWAY AND WAS NOT EVEN ON THE PILE INJ WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT IT UP AND SLIDE IT ON THE PILE AND HURT HIS BACK

October 5, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Joe Resources Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WAS ON TOP OF LOADER REACHING UNDER VENT TUBE TO PULL HOOD ONTO LOADER AND FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK.

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