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August 2, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING HOOD OVER ON TRUCK, CLAIMED HE INJURED BACK OR PULLED MUSCLE.

March 30, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN BAR & METAL BRACE WHILE TRYING TO GET ROCK LOOSE IN ROCK BINHAD LACERATIONS TO LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

June 22, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE DROPPED OIL COOLER ON RIGHT HAND WHILE REMOVING FROM AIR COMPRESSOR.

May 25, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE OPENED STORAGE TRAILER LATCH, THE DOOR HAD PRESSURE ON IT FROM LOAD SHIFT AND THE LATCH SPRUNG OUTWARD STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FOREHEAD.

April 19, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

CLEANING DIRT OUT OF SIDE OF AIRLOCK WAS REMOVING CLOD FROM AIRLOCK AND GOT FINGER IN TO FAR.

July 29, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Filler Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING TRUCKS WITH CAT LOADER, BEGAN COMPLAINING OF BACK HURTING. WAS NOT LIFTING ANYTHING HEAVY OR DOING ANY MANUAL LABOR. OPERATION OF LOADER WAS ON SMOOTH, LEVEL GROUND.

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