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October 26, 1999 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING 3RD FLOOR IN THE PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS SHORTNESS OF BREATH & PANS IN LEFT ARM. WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED AMBULANCE &HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSP. EE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL ONTO A PILE ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE PLANT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED THE PAINS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD CHEST WALL MUSCLE STRAIN. ON 10/28 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HEWAS TO BE OFF WORK

October 28, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE STACKING 50 LB BAGS ONTO A PALLET, EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MIDDLE BACK. PAIN WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN INFRASPINATUS STRAIN.

June 23, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE STEPPED OFF AN EMPTY PALELT AND FELT HIS LEFT KNEE POP.

January 28, 1992 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER TO GET SOME EMPTY BAGS OUT OF A BOX AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

July 30, 1991 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AFTER FINISHING STACKING OF PALLET OF BAGGED PRODUCT EMPL LEANED OVER TO PICK UP 50 LB BAG OF MATERIAL THAT HAD FALLEN ON FLOOR WHEN HE DID FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

October 28, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO TANKER TRAILER TO CHECK LEVEL OF LOAD WHILE STEPPING FROM THE FIRST STEP LOCATED JUST UNDER THE FENDER TO THE FIRST STEP OF THE LADDER HIS RIGHT ANKLE TWISTED

February 2, 1989 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SQUATTED POSTION WHILE WELDING A PATCH, AFTER TACKING ONE END HE ATTEMPTED TO PUSH THE OTHER END UP IN POSTION TO WELD AND HE FELT A SUDDEN PAIN IN HIS BACK.

March 12, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Stone Company Of Southwest Virginia · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME AND OTH9RS WERE CHANGING A SCREEN ON OUR 6X14 SCALPING SCREEN AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. DURING PORCESS OF SETTING SCREEN CLOTH IN PLACE, HE TWISTED HIS LEF TKNEE. SCREEN WAS LOCKED OUT AND NOT IN OPERATIO3 AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.

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