Brokenstraw Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REPLACING A BEARING IN CRUSHER. HOLDING A PUNCH THAT WAS TO PUSH THE BEARING IN WHILE HAMMERING WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE HAMMER SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FINGER.
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September 6, 1990
PA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brokenstraw Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
HE WAS CLEANING HOPPER WITH CLEANING TOOL WHICH IS A PIPE 10' X 4" WITH A BLADE ON END. THE HOPPER IS WORKING WITH THE SCREEN. TOOL IS USED TO CLEAN OFF DIRT AND MUD ON STEEL SIDES. HE WAS PUS HING WITH BOTH HANDS AND THE TOOL SLIPPED. HE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
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