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1983–2026
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September 17, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME WAS PICKING UP PIECES OF STEEL IN THE SHOP. HE STARTED TO PICK UP ONE PIECE & STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

September 10, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING SOUTH HEADING OF VENT SHAFT.TRIED TO PULL STRING OFF OF MARKING SPAD IN BACK.PULLED SPAD OUT OF BACK AND INTO UPPER RIGHT ARM.

August 28, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING CONC. IN C-DECL WHILE POURING FLOOR WHILE OBTAINING A SHOVEL FULL HE TWISTED & HURT HIS BACK.

July 31, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

FRED WAS UNLOADING PIPE FROM SCOOP LOADER WHEN HE PINCHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE

March 23, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GUY WAS WORKING ON WATER VALVES OF POURAT STABILIZER JACKS WERE DOWN WHEN OPERATOR MOVED CUTTING HEAD TO LEFT THIS CAUSED THE BACK OF PAURAT TO SLIP CAUSING LEFT TRACK TO GO OVER GUYS FOOT

December 22, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

JERRY WAS LIFTING A GARDNER-DENVER DRILL UP AGAINST THE RIB, FOR REPAIR, STRAINED HIS BACK IN DOING SO.

September 6, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAPPENED WHILE LOADING SERVICE PIPE FOR SHOTCRETE WHILE LOADING POOR COMMUNICATION WITH PARTNER CAUSED PIPE TO BE DROPPED CAUSING HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN PIPE

August 8, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE POURING CONCRETE FOR THE SHAFT WALLS THE SLICK LINE TRUNCK CAME OUT OF FORM DOORS WITH THE EDGE OF T HE TRUCK W/ EXPOSED WIRES HIT HIM IN THE LEG.

January 28, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White River Shale Oil Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED OTHER THAN NORM IS NOT ACCUSTOMED TO HANDLING A SHOVEL, AND WORKING IN COLD WEATHER WHICH PROBABLY CAUSED THE MUSCLE SPASMS IN HIS LOWER BACK

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