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Years on record
1983–2026
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August 17, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sme Bessemer Cement Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE PULL CRANE HOOK WITH LONG ROD TO GET CHUNKS FREE IN CRUSHER WHEN FELT PAIN LOWER RIGHT SIDE AREA.

August 10, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sme Bessemer Cement Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTY TO INSTAL A CEMENT PUMP MOTOR USING A BAR TO MOVE MOTOR INTO PLACE BAR SLIPPED HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST.

March 14, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sme Bessemer Cement Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING METAL PRYBAR WHILE TRYING TO TURN SEPERATOR TABLE-EMPLOYEE WAS IN AWKWARD POSITION AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE-PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT KNEE AREA.

January 2, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sme Bessemer Cement Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS POKING 2UT PLUGED UP STONE TUNNEL HOLE WITH B AR, THE BAR SLIPPED CATCHING HIS RT HAND BETWEEN THE BAR AND EDGE OF THE CHUTE BREAKING HAND

January 27, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sme Bessemer Cement Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SL9DGING IN RAW MILL LID AND FELT A PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF G ROIN

April 9, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sme Bessemer Cement Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP SCAFFOLD COMALONG FELL FROM SCAFFOLD AND STRUCK INSIDE OF RIGHT FOOT BROKE BONE TO BIG TOE

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