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February 13, 1992 MT · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weaver Stone Products Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING HEAVY EQUIPMENT PLATE. HE WAS NOT USING ANY AIDS AND LIFTED INCORRECTLY. DID NOT REPORT INJURY AS HE WASN'T IN PAIN UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING.

December 27, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weaver Stone Products Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ELECTRIC MOTOR OUT OF ELECTRICAL T RUCK & DROPPED ON FINGER

October 1, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weaver Stone Products Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING WIRE CABLE FROM FEEDER, A CABLE CUT EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND. CABLE WAS RUSTY AND FRAYED.

August 7, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weaver Stone Products Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A FEEDER PAN INTO PLACE,EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING PULL OR SLIP IN HIS RIGHT PALM.NOW EVERY TIME HE GRIPS OR LIFTS SOMETHING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND HE FEELS A SHARP PAIN.

April 9, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weaver Stone Products Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RIGHT THUMB WAS CRSHED BETWEEN TWO ROCKS.

March 23, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weaver Stone Products Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT FINGER BECAUSE OF RING, HAD STITCHES.

July 14, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Weaver Stone Products Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING RAILROAD CARS AND QUARRY. THE BRAKE ON THE AIR DUMP WAS FAULTY. WHEN RELEASE IT PINNED EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN BRAKE RELEASE HANDLE AND RAILROAD CAR WHICH SMASHED HIS HAN D.

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