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March 14, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SHOVELING DIRT WITH HAND SHOVEL EMPL HURT BACK TWISITNG WHILE SHOVELING.

July 24, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TAIL GATE ON T9AILER CLOSED ON FINGERS ON RT HAND 2 FINGERS BROKEN

April 24, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ASSEMBLING HYD 7YCLINDER CAP. CYCLINDER CLOSED AND SMASHED FINGER BETWEEN CAP AND CYCLINDER.

October 15, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN CONT9OL BOOTH OPERATING CRUSHING PLANT CAME THRU ENTRANCE DOOR. HIT CALF OF RIGHT LEG. FRACTURED IT AND TORE 2 BLOOD VESSELS.

July 19, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

INJURED LARGE T2E ON LEFT FOOT CLIMBING INTO FRONT END LOADER

January 14, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pottstown Trap Rock Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINCHED INDEX F3NGER ON RT HAND BETWEEN RAIL CUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES

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