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September 2, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE BENT OVER AND LIFTED A 50 LB BAG OF CLAY AND INJURED HIS BACK.

March 19, 1989 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT BAGGING SPOUT ON MACHINE DID NOT CUT OFF AND PUT 69 LBS IN BAG.HE PICKED BAG UP AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.THIS MAY BE ARECURRENCE OF A PREVIOUS INJURY.INVESTIGATION OF PAC KER DETERMINED 69#WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE,UNDER NORMAL OPERATION.COULD FIND NO PROBLEM WITH MACHINE.NO PRIOR OR SUBSEQUENT REPORT OF MALFUNCTION.

April 19, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LUMBO-SACRAL STRAIN FROM PICKING UP CLAY FILLED SCREEN.

March 4, 1988 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 50 LB BAGS HIGHER THAN USUAL TO PLACE THEM ON HIGHER END OF BAG CONVEYOR HE WAS NOT CONDITIONED FOR THIS AND DID NOT PROVIDE HIMSELF WITH A HIGHER PLATFORM TO WORK FROM.

December 16, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT WHILE OPERATING THE BAG PACKING MACHINE AND REMOVING BAGS FROM THE PACKER SPOUT TO PLACE THEM ON THE BETL HIS LEFT ARM BEGIN TO HURT

October 16, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP STATES HE W5S STACKING 5 LB BAGS AT JET FLOW PACKER STATION, WHEN HIS BACK/ SIDE BEGAN TO HURT. HE HAD STRAINED A SIDE MUSCLE LIFTING THE BAGS

June 26, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE CLAY FROM ROTARY VALVE POCKET WHEN BHLADES LACERATED TWO FINGERS ON LEFT HAND R/V WAS DE-ENERGIZED BUT HE WAS TURNING IT BY HAND WHEN HE CAUSED A VANE TO FINCH HIS FI3GERS BETWEEN VANE & THE HOUSING

January 4, 1987 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS WORKING WITH CAR PULLER CABLE WHEN CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

February 13, 1985 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Evans Clay Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES HE PICKED UP A STEEL I BEAM RUNNER AND THEN BEGAN TO HAVE PAINS IN HIS LOWER BACK

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