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739,488
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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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June 27, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rhude & Fryberger Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED CUT HAND WHILE REMOVING A BEARING FROM A SHAKER SCREEN. IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE BEARING A PIPE WAS INSERTED INTO THE BEARING HOUSING AND THE PIPE WAS LIFTED BY A GRAB HOOK FROM AN OVERH EAD CRANE. AS THE BEARING WAS BEING REMOVED THEGRAB HOOK SLIPPED AND MOVED ALONG THE PIPE HITTING THE INJURED\S HAND.

May 30, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rhude & Fryberger Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED HURT HIS B ACK WHILE CHANGING OIL ON HIS TRUCK WHILE AT HOME. HE CLAIMS THAT PRIOR TO HIS INJURY HIS BACK WAS SORE. HE FEELS THAT THIS WAS JOB RELATED SORENESS ALTHOUGH HE NEVER FILED AN INJURY REPORT PRIOR TO HIS HOME INJURY NOR COULD HE IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC WORK INCIDENT THAT CAUSED HIS B ACK SORENESS

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