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1983–2026
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December 27, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE REINJURED HIS BACK USING A PRY BAR TO TURN THE PRIMARY CRUSHER WHILE REPAIRING IT.EMPLOYEE STATES THE PRY BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIS BACK TO JERK SUDDENLY CAUSING HIM TO REINJ URE HIS LOWER BACK FROM A 1986 INJURY.

September 28, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ASSITING AN EMPLOYEE, HE WAS HOLDING A PRY BAR UNTIL THE EMPLOYEE COULD CHAINGE INTO A BETTER POSTION, WHEN HE BEGAN TO PULL THE BAR SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS FINGER.

September 5, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING MUD OFF DUMP HOPPER AND HAD PULLED A MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK WHEN THE HOOK SLIPPED SENDING HIM BACKWARDS INTO THE HAND SAFETY RAIL.

September 1, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A FEED CHUTE WAS PLUGGED WITH BIG ROCK EMPL HAD TO CUT OUT A PIECE OF CHANNEL WHEN THE MATERIAL CAME LOOSE A SMALL PIECE OF METAL STUCK THE EMPL IN THE L FOREARM AND PENETRATED THE SKIN

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