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November 10, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE EMPTYING 8UST COLLECTOR, EMPLOYEE GOT DUST IN RIGHT EYE IRRITATING EYE.

August 24, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

UNKNOWN BUT PO8SIBLE DUE TO LIFTING SCRAP METAL (ONLY THING EMPLOYEE COULD THINK OF)

August 5, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RUNNING T2E CABLE FROM THE SHIV TO THE DRUM THE WEDGE SLIPPED AND STRUCK I NAME

July 31, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BENDING O5ER HOLDING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON I NAME FELT HIS KNEE GIVE OUT HE STEADIED HIMSELF ON THE WELDING MACHINE UNTIL I NAME CAME IN AND HELPED I NAME TO A CHAIR. I NAME STAYED UNTI THE END OF HIS 8HIFT

July 13, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by flying object

THE PIN SHATTER9D FROM THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER AND WAS PROJECTED FORWARD AND EMBEDDED INTO HIS ARM.

June 8, 1987 MD · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LIFTING DRUM,IT3SLIPPED AND CAUGHT ARM ON TRUCK BED.

March 6, 1986 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING MUD AWAY FROM CONVEYUOR WHEN HIS BACK STARTED HURTING NEXT MORNING HAD SEVERE BACK PAIN BUT CAME TO WORK ANYWAY 3-7-86 & 3-8-86 THEN 3-10-86 THE PAIN WAS WORSE

December 4, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS EXCHANGI3G OXYGEN BOTTLES. HE LIFTED BOTTLE UP TO PUT IT ON THE TRUCK & PUSHED THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE WITH HIS FOOT. WHILE DOING THIS HE TWISTED HIS HIP & RT LEG.

September 23, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LEANING INSIDE OF FORD BRONCO TO GET A BOARD, WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BREATH MOMENTARILY. EMPLOYEE HAS A PULLED MUSCLE.

July 17, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS SETTING BOTTOM BREAKER PLATE IN PLACE RT THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BREAKER PLATES

June 27, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CUTTING FLASHING WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND STABBED HIS HAND.

June 24, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHILE SHOVELING DUST SPILLAGE FROM FLOOW OF SCREENING TOWER

May 9, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE DISCONNECTING SUPPORT CHAINS FOR GRAVITY TAKE UP BLOCK, BLOCK SLIPPED CAUSING COVER OVER BLOCK TO PUSH EMPLOYEE\S KNEE INTO TOP EDGE OF LOADER BUCKET.

March 6, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A 41/2 GALLON CONTAINER OF ANTIFREEZE FROM A TRUCK & LIFTED IT TO THE COUNTER WEIGHT OF HIS LOADER AND THEN TO THE HOOD OF HIS LOADER, AND IN DOING SO EXPERIECNECED A TRAIN IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN AND GROIN.

February 6, 1985 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CARRYING BELT CLAMP DOWN STEPS CLAMP SLIPPED & MASHED HIS THUMB BETWEEN CLAMP & HANDRAIL.

April 26, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS PICKING UP U BOLT FROM THE GROUND WHEN HE GOT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK

April 20, 1984 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS BEEN HAVING LOWER BACK PAIN FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS, WHICH STARTED BECAUSE OF HEAVY LIFTING.

September 22, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING GATE ON SYNTRON FEEDER HE HIT HIS LOWER RIGHT ARM ON SHARP EDGE OF SKIRT BOARD CUTTING LOWER RIGHT ARM

August 26, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE CLEANING CEMENT SLAB UNDER GRAPPLE STAND, ROCK SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER. FINGER WAS SMASHED AND CUT REQUIRING SUTURES.

January 9, 1983 MD · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rockville Crushed Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS SLIDING DECK PANEL ACROSS CATWALK WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUSHED IT TOO FAST, CAUSING HIM TO CATCH HIS LEFT LEG BETWEEN DECK PANEL AND MAIN FRAME OF SCREEN.

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