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September 7, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPLAICNG BEARING ON CONVEYOR BELT HEAD PULLEY. HEAD PULLEY SHAFT SLIPPED OUT OF BEARING SEAT, PINNING WORKER S HAND BETWEEN HEAD PULLEY SHAFT AND PLATE OF BELT.

December 15, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING MATERIAL UNDER THE SCALPER OF THE CRUSHER AND PULLED A MUSCLE CAUSING LOWER BACK STRAIN.

April 10, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BE3DING OVER TO DISCONNECT THE HOSE GOING TO THE WATER TRUCK WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS BACK GIVE HEHAD NOT YET PICKED UP THE HOSE OR ANY OTHER WEIGHT EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED WI TH BACK STRAIN 3 HAS NOT YET RETURNED TO WORK HE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN MONDAY APRIL 21 1986

March 21, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL TURNING HE5D PULLEY ON CONVEYOR WHEN HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN V-BELT AND DRIVE SHEAVE PULLEY PINCHING RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER REQ SUTURES.

January 15, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS BENDING 2VER & LIFTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE FELT HE HAD STRAINED HIS BACK. HE COMPLAINED OF SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN RADIATING INTO HIS LEGS. HIS DOCOTR DIANOSED PROBLEM AS NE RVE ROOT IRRITA7ION.

July 16, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Companies · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING CONVEYOR FROM SCREENING PLANT,EMPL ATTEMPTED TO FREE TAIL PULLEY BOUND AGAINST FEEDER.CONVEYOR SWUNG AROUND AND PINNED LEGS AGAINST STEEL SKID CAUSING MULTIPLE BRUISES AND CONTUSIONS TO BOTH LEGS.

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