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March 6, 1995 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canarico Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS INSTALLING A TRACK ROLLER ON THE UNDER CARRIAGE OF A BULLDOZER (D9L0, IT WAS TO HEAVYAND WHEN HE WENT TO PUT IT UP HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.

August 24, 1993 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canarico Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

UNLOADING A TRUCK OF OIL CANS WHEN HE TOOK ONE OF THE CANS DOWN THEIR WAS A SHARP EDGE & HE CUT HIS 3 FINGERS FROM HIS RIGHT HAND.

July 17, 1991 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canarico Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHEN LEAVING DOZER AFTER PERFORMING MAINT. STRUCK SHARP METAL CUTTING SHOULDER RIGHT ONE

May 29, 1989 PR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canarico Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE FREMOVING MATERIAL WITH A SHOVEL HE XXFELT A SHARP PAIN IN THE BACK

December 8, 1987 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canarico Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HE WAS MO5ING A ROCK THIS LIPPED FROM HIS RIGHT HAND AND PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND WITH A CEMENT WALL.

November 9, 1987 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canarico Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HE WAS TR2ING TO FIT THE PALLA MILL COVER THIS PINCHED HIS FINGERS THUMB AND INDEX OF THE RIGHT HAND.

October 2, 1987 PR · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canarico Quarries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE WASHING AN ATTERNATOR WITH BRUSH & GAS-HE GOT GAS ON HANDS-THIS MADE HIM GET WATER BLISTERS.

July 8, 1986 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Canarico Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ALTHOUGH GIVEN 5 STEEL BAR TO SET 1 FT-2 FT. STONES IN PLACE (EROSION PROTECTION) OPERATOR DECIDED TO MOVE STONE BY HAND AND PINCHED 1 FINGER BETWEEN 2 STONES.

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