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March 25, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS MOVING TAIL3PULLEY TO LOOSEN BELT FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT FRACTURING IT

March 3, 1986 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING CUT7ING EDGES TO REPLACE ON 950 LOADER HURT LOWER ABDOMEN CAUSING HERNIA.

December 17, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING CHUTES ON CRUSHER THE CHUTE SLIPPED CATCHING HAND BETWEEN PIECES OF METAL

December 9, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UN1LUGGING FEEDER ON CRUHSER HE INJURED THE LIGAMENTS ON HIS LEFT KNEE

November 23, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL LIFTING DR6M OFF FROM TRUCK AND INJURED BACK.

August 31, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE EBNT DOWN & PICKED UP A PIECE OF STEEL & PULLED SOMETHING IN H IS NECK.

May 10, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER A CONVEYOR CAUGHT THIS HARDHAT ON THE CONVEYOR AND HURT HIS NECK.

May 2, 1985 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS - GOT A PIECE OF METAL IN RIGHT EYE.

July 5, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER A CONVEYOR BUMP HIS HEAD ON A FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR CUT ON HEAD HARD HAT FELL OFF.

May 12, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A CABLE FROM THE LOADER AND IT FLIPPED HIM IN THE MOUTH.

April 25, 1984 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SAND & GRAVEL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

August 3, 1983 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Savage Rock Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MR. EDWARDS WAS AT THE JOB EARLY. HE WAS HELPING AND OTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE A DRUM OF OIL. THE OTHER MAN\S HANDS SLIPPED OFF THE DRUM ALLOWING THE DRUM TO MASH MR. EDWARDS HAND BETWEEN THE DRUM A STEEL SHELF.

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