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1983–2026
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April 16, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING WASTE SAND WITH SHOVCEL ON SLAB HE SAIDHIS BACK SNAPPED WHEN HE WAS CLEANING CONCRETE SLAG WITH SHOVEL

September 27, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS HANDLING 100 LBS OF SAND BAGS STACKING ON PALLETS. TWO MEN HANDLING BAGS MAN #1 BAG SLIPPED OUT OF HAND & MAN #2 TRIED TO SUPPORT BAGS & PULLED ARM OUT OF SOCKET.

March 31, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPL WAS CLEANING SCREEN ON HAMMER SHAKER

November 1, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING CROSS T3ES FROM FRONT END LOADER BUCKET, AND APPROX. 10 MIN LATER HELPING TO STAB A DISCHARGE PUMP PULLED BACK MUSCLES.

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