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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 14, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO LIFT MILL LID AND FLIP IT OVER CENTER IT SNAPPED AND PULLED ON ARM WHEN THE CABLE CAME TIGHT

October 17, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PUTTING A 3-4 FOOT WRENCH BACK INTO ITS STORAGE PLACE & WRENCH CAUGHT ON THE FLY WHEEL OF THE BREAKER CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE WRENCH & THE FRAME OF THE BREAKER

May 8, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

DRILLING OPERATION USING GARDNER DENVER AIR TRACK CHAIN ON BOOM BROKE BUNCHED UP AT BASE. BOOM LAID DOWN & OPERATOR TRIED TO GUIDE CHAIN WHILE PULLING IT OUT THROUGH SPROCKET. SPROCKET NEEDS T O BE MOVING IN ORDER TO PULL CHAIN THROUGH OEPRATOR HAD ONE HAND ON CONTROLS ONE HAND PULLING CHAIN HAND GOT CAUGHT IN SPROCKET BROKE FOUR FINGERS DAMAGED LIGAMENTS ETC. ONE FINGER LOST.

May 28, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS FEEDING CRU8HER ROCK CAME OUT OF BREAKER AND LANDED ON RT INNER THIGH

June 30, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT LEG WHILE WORKING IN THE SHOP SAWING SOME BOARDS

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