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September 28, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIDING STEEL TO BUILD STEEL RACK COMPLAINED SIX DAYS LATER OF LOWER BCK DISCOMFORT.

September 28, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING A PILE OF LUMBER TO BUILD A BARRIER THOUGH SUBSEQUENT BOWLING THAT EVENING MAY HAVE ADDED TO THE PROBLEM

August 9, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING 50POUND BAGS ONTO PALLET

October 21, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING 50 LB 6AGS FROM CONVEYOR AND STACKING THEM ON A PALLET.

July 1, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS 5IFTING L.P. TANK ONTO FORK LIFT, POSSIBLE PULLED BACK MUSCLE.

January 6, 1987 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BACK STRAIN PUL5ING UP SUBMERSIBLE PUMP SO AS TO THEN LOWER & BREAK ICE.

November 3, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CL3MBING INTO DUX TRUCK BODY, USING REAR TIRE AS FOOT HOLD, PULLED BODY WEIGHT UP WITH HANDS ON SIDE BOARD, PULLED CHEST MUSCLE.

September 25, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING CRUSHE9 HAMMER OF APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 90 POUNDS THEN COMPLAINED OF PAIN OF R ELBOW

August 27, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WITH ASSISTA3CE WAS CARRYING A SHAFT TO A FULLER KENYON PUMP HE WAS WALKING BACKWARDS & SHOULDER & BACK STARTED TO HURT.

August 20, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING UNDER 6AGGING PLATFORM,STRAIGHTENED UP AND STRUCK BACK ON DUST COLLECTOR PIPE CONTUSION OF LOWER BACK.

June 30, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLOSED LOADER D2OR ON HIS OWN HAND.

May 17, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INDIVIDUAL ATTE4PTING TO ALIGN GEAR REDUCER KEYWAY,CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN BELT AND SHEAVE WHICH CAUSED AN OPEN WOUND & FRAVTURE OF DISTAL PHALANGE.

February 13, 1986 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS AT7EMPTING TO LIFT A REEL OF STRAPPING AND PULLED AN ABDOMINAL MUSCLE

July 10, 1985 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Windsor Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO DISCOUNNECT STUCK PIPE COUPLING, FITTING STRUCK INDIVIDUAL IN UPPER LIP WHEN IT BECAME DISLODGED.

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