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2000–2026
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January 7, 2002 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING OVERHEAD STRAINED BACK

July 10, 2001 CO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIGGING OUT FEEDER CONVEYOR AND CULVERT, BOTH SIDES WERE EXCAVATED. A BIG CRACK IN MATERIAL OPENED UP AND MATERIAL SLID INTO HIS KNEE.

December 29, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING STEEL FROM HOPPER, MATERIAL CAME LOOSE FROM THE SIDE. EE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE FALLING MATERIAL & HIT A HANGING GATE.

November 17, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHANGING WIPER ON FEED CONVEYOR; ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING AND LET GO OF WIPER.

June 21, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING IN A DITCH, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK, NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

May 25, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING AN OIL BARREL AND FELT A POP IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

April 1, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SHOVELING IN A DITCH, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK. NEVER DID ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ON 6/21 AGGREVATED CONDITION AT WORK, THEN REPORTED IT. HAS BEENWORKING FULL DUTY THE WHOLE TIME. GOING TO DO A STEROID INJECTION.

February 15, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Mobile Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HELPING REMOVE A PIECE OF SCREEN CLOTH SCREEN CLOTH MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY & SMASHED HIS FINGER

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