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March 24, 2026 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Paving Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee got out of loader to pick up a chain. Pulled a muscle in their leg.

July 30, 2024 NH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Paving Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was changing cone liners on crusher. Had fingers in wrong spot. Crush injury to fingers between two pieces of metal.

December 12, 2014 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CONTINENTAL PAVING, INC. · Fall from ladders

Employee was cleaning out a screener and fell from a ladder. He landed on his right arm and ribs.

November 1, 2010 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CONTINENTAL PAVING, INC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing up ladder into loader and his knee gave out.

October 7, 2010 NH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Paving Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was cleaning up at the end of his shift at the cone crusher (was shoveling and raking) and felt some discomfort in his knee.

August 6, 2008 NH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Paving Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in generator bldg changing an air filter and some debris got in his eye.

July 10, 2008 NH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Paving Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was working with others moving a large generator using pipes as rollers; when he placed the pipe in front his hand got caught underneath, causing a crush injury to his left forearm.

May 11, 2006 NH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Paving Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was picking debris from the feed belt off the crusher when he noticed his right shoulder getting sore.

September 24, 2005 NH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Paving Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was moving a concrete block when he pinched his finger against the block and a piece of steel, lacerating finger tip and nail.

August 11, 2005 NH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Paving Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was standing on a ladder to move a hopper that was being placed on the crusher, and felt his left knee give out.

September 24, 2004 NH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Continental Paving Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS REMOVING A STUMP FROM BELT. DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA.

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