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July 19, 1995 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amis Materials Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WORKING ON A TRANSMISSION FOR AN END DUMP. HE HAD APPLIED AIR PRESSURE TO SEE IF THE VENT BREATHER WAS OPEN. HE SAID NO MORE AIR WAS COMING OUT BUT WHEN HE UNCOVERED THE FILL PIPE IT BL EW HOT OIL ON HIM.

March 10, 1994 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amis Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING TRACK ROLLERS ON A DBL DOZER & STRAINED HIS BACK. WE DID NOT REPORT TO FOREMAN UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS AFTERWARD.

September 4, 1992 OK · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amis Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING HYDRAULIC OIL INTO COMPANY EQUIPMENT WHEN HOSE REEL ON GREASE TRUCK CAME UNLATCHED REEL IS SPRING LOADED & YANKED THE SLACK FROM THE HOSE VERY SUDDENLY CAUSING WHAT DR DIA GNOSED AS A STRAINED SHOULDER EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK BUT AFTER NO RECOVERY BY THE 18TH OF SEPT SAW DR WHO DIAGNOSED IT TO BE A TORN ROTATOR CUFF

March 27, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amis Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING A SCREEN ON THE 6 X 16 SHAKER OF THE CRUSHER. HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE DECK AND TWISTED WRONG CAUSING PAIN IN HIS BACK.

October 25, 1990 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amis Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD REPAIRED A WHEEL LOADER TIRE AND WAS REPLACING THE MOUNTED TIRE ON THE LOADER. HE INCURRED A BACK STRAIN AT THIS TIME. EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED THE COMPANY ON 11-2-90.

July 11, 1990 OK · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amis Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING THE CAB OF THE TAMROCK DRILL, AND ACCIDENTALLY SLAMMED THE DOOR ON HIS THUMB.

December 16, 1988 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amis Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN UP AROUND THE CRUSHER AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING AN OLD SCREEN.

February 21, 1985 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amis Materials Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING AN END DUMP TRUCK, TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE CAME DOWN THE LADDER

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