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1983–2026
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June 20, 1990 NY · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Otisca Industries Ltd · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING ON WOODEN CHUTE, PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST.

April 20, 1990 NY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Otisca Industries Ltd · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CO WORKER WAS MANUALLY MOVING PISTON, INJURED EMPLOYEE THOUGHT FULL RANGE OF PISTON MOVEMENT HAD BEEN REACHED WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. FINGER WERE PINCHED BETWEEN PISTON AND CASING.

March 3, 1989 NY · Coal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Otisca Industries Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED WHEN WORKING WITH A CO-WORKER TO SECURE A TRAP DOOR.DOOR WAS BEING TEMPORARILY SUPPORTED WITH A BEAM THAT SLIPPED PINCHING INJURED FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND CASING.END OF INDEXFINGER WAS CRUSHED AND REQUIRED RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.

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