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April 20, 2009 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee felt pain below his right knee while stepping up on the ladder to climb into the cab of his haul truck.

April 15, 2009 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While shoveling mud and stones from walkway, employee heard a pop and started developing pain in his left shoulder.

July 21, 2008 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing a fuel drum from the bed of a pickup truck, when his left upper arm was struck by the drum, causing a tear to the arm muscle.

October 3, 2007 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was placing a head pulley on a pallet when his left little finger was pinched between the pulley and some steel on a nearby pallet.

June 28, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was repairing safety latch for crusher. The latch was positoned in a vice. When he loosened the vice the latch slipped out and caught his left middle finger between the latch and work bench.

May 17, 2005 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Struck against stationary object

Employee was disconnecting a hose from the water truck when he struck the bumper with his left arm, causing a laceration.

July 1, 2003 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A WATER PUMP INTO POSITION WHEN HE FELT A SUDDEN ONSET OF A BURNING SENSATION & DISCOMFORT IN HIS ABDOMEN. EE DID NOT REPORT OR SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 7/16/03.

August 30, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A WATER PUMP OUT OF A LOAD-ER BUCKET WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

August 17, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING A METAL PLATE FROM CHUTE OF TELSMITH SCREEN WHEN THE PLATE SLIPPED FROM EE'S GRIP, LACERATING HIS RIGHT THUMB.

June 23, 2001 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eastern Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ASSISTING MECHANIC, PLACVED 55 GAL DRUM OF OIL IN LOADER BUCKET. TOOKE TO AREA IN SHOP WHERE WORKING ON EQUIPMENT. UNLOADED DRUM. WORK ANOTHER HOUR THEN WENT HOME. DEBVELOPED BURNING SENSATION IN RIGHT THIGH ON WAY HOME. COULD NOT USE LEG VERY WELL THAT NIGHT. WENT TO ER AND TOLD THINKS HE HAS TORN MUSCLE /TENDON.

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