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April 30, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS INSTALLING A COUPLING ON A CYLINDER AT THE RAW MILL. IN HANDLING THIS COUPLING, THAT WEIGHED AROUND EIGHTY POUNDS, EE FELT A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK TIGHTEN UP WHILE IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.

December 5, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME LEANING BACK IN CHAIR WITH HANDS LOCKED BEHIND HEAD,ANOTHER EMPL WALKED PAST AND PULLED RIGHT WRIST BACK.

March 31, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMANTLING SCAFFOLDING, AS HE WAS MOVING AN UPRIGHT SUPPORT HE BUMPED HIMSELF WITH SUPPORT KNOCKING SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS LEFT EYE LID BRUISING THE EYE LID.

January 3, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING HEAVY METAL PLATE BY HAND PULLED ABDOMEN MUSCLE.

December 19, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WASASSISTING EMPLOYEE IN REPLACING RECLAIMER SHOVEL PULLED MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK WHILE LIFTING SHOVEL INTO PLACE

August 16, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS ASSISTING IN COVERING H-BEAM DOWN STAIRWAY BY HAND TWISTED LOWER BACK WHEN BEAM WAS LET DOWN

March 2, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS TAKING APART APRON FEEDER CLEAN UP DRAG WAS IN A CRAMPED POSITION TWISTED BACK RESULTING IN MUSCLE STRAIN IN UPPER BACK MUSCLE

December 29, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING CLEANING DEBRIS OUT OF KILN AND GOT FOREIGN PARTICAL IN EYE.

September 15, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING OUT RECLAIMER SHOVEL WHILE LIFTING NEW SHOVEL INTO PLACE EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK RESULTING IN SLIGHT BULGE AT L3/4, SEVERE HERNIATION AT L4/5 AND L5/51.

July 7, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS H9LPING GO LIFT A BOX OF PARTS BOX WAS HEAVIER THEN HE THOUGHT MUSCLE STRAIN LUMBAR AREA

April 20, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING UNLOAD SHIPMENT OF VALVES STRAINED LOWER BACK LEFT SIDE MUSCLE STRAIN

April 14, 1987 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING INSTALL NEW BLADDER ON RAW MATERIAL MILL METAL RING FELL PINCHING MIDDLE FINGER OF RT HAND BETWEEN ACCUMALATOR AND REJECT TRIPPING VALVE CRUSH INJURY TO MIDDLE FINGER RT HAND NO BROKEN3SKIN OR BONE

September 16, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D BACK LIFTING 100 LB BAG OF REFRACTORY

August 26, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PORTABLE CONCRE7E PUMP WAS BEING MOVED BY HIM AND FOUR OTHER MEN WHILE BEING MOVED SAFETY CATCH WAS NOT I N PLACE MOVEMENT CAUSED LID TO FALL ON EMP THUMB

August 11, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE STRAIN9D BACK PULLING ON A 1 1/2 HOSE

December 11, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CONCRETE FELL I3TO GLOVES WHILE POURING CONCRETE CAUSING BURNS TO WRISTS.

December 10, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Box-Crow Cement Company Lp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CEMENT FELL ONT2 BOOTS CAUSING CEMENT BURNS AROUND RIGHT FOOT.

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