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May 20, 1997 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING PLYWOOD OFF BARGE. CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER ON WIRE AT THE BASE OF FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES.

October 12, 1995 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS OPERATING WINCH ON DREDGE BOAT. THE WIND WAS BLOWING HARD. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE BOAT AGAINST THE WIND. HE STRAINED HIMSELF TRYING TO TURN THE HANDLE.

May 26, 1993 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON THE DREDGE. A STEEL FACE PLATE FELL ON HIS FOOT.

August 2, 1991 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE SAND LINE WHEN THEY PICKED UP ONE OF THE PIECES OF PLASTIC PIPE IT SWUNG AROUND & HIT HIS KNEE

May 7, 1991 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING A PIECE OF PIPE AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

May 28, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING CABLES ON A GRAVEL BARGE AND WAS LIFTING VERY HARD WHEN HE FELT A KNOT WITH A BURNING LIKE PAIN COME TO HIS LOWER ABDOMEN.

April 26, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING THE DREDGE PIPELINE. HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A JOINT OF PIPE AND STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

February 6, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON PIPELINE, PONTOON FLOATED UP AND PINCHED TOE UNDER PIPE.

August 16, 1989 MS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

TYING STRING AROUND SACKS OF GRAVEL SAMPLES,STRING BROKE AND WRIST STRUCK SCISSORS PUNCTURING RIGHT WRIST.

May 23, 1989 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING BOAT MOTOR FROM ONE BOAT TO THE OTHER AND STRAINED HIS BACK AND LOWER ABDOMEN

May 12, 1989 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS OVERHAULING A PUMP CHANGING IMPELLER IMPELLER SHIFTED STRIKING HIM IN FACE

February 16, 1988 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING THE DOOR ON A RAILROAD CAR AND MASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE LATCH HE REQUIRED ELEVEN STITCHES ON HIS RT HAND

February 3, 1988 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A DRUM OF DIESEL FUEL AND DEVELOPED A HERNIA WHICH HAD TO BE SURGICALLY REPARIED

April 2, 1987 MS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS CHANGIN1 A SCREEN ON A VIBRATING SHAKER. THE SCREEN SLIPPED AND PINCHED EMPLOYEES RT INDEX FINGER

July 24, 1986 MS · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEES WERE 5TEMPTING TO UNTANGLE A MINING CABLE. THE CABLE BROKE WHILE THEY WERE PULLING ON IT, STIKING ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES AND KNOCKING HIM ONTO THE PONTOON. HE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK

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