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2000–2026
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April 7, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Semco Stone · Contact with hot objects or substances

Trying to start a fire in the woodstove, resulted in a burn on left hand.

March 28, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Semco Stone · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Stacking rock when the rock slid smashing left index finger between 2 rocks.

February 7, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Semco Stone · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pulling a rock onto the loader table. The rock slid smashing employees finger between 2 rocks.

July 15, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Semco Stone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HAND STACKING ROCK. WHEN THROWING A ROCK, HE TOSSED IT AWKWARDLY AND IT CAME ACROSS HIS FOREARM CUTTING IT. THIS LEFT A CUT ABOUT 2" LONG JUST ABOVE THE CUFF OF HIS GLOVE.

March 19, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Semco Stone · Struck against stationary object

THIS EMPLOYEE HAD A PREVIOUS INJURY TO HIS RIGHT HAND, WHEN HE LEANED INTO A PALLET OF STONE HE RE-FRACTURED THIS HAND.

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