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October 27, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kansas Sand & Concrete Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING DOWN DIKE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE FELL IN HOLE IN THE DARK WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM TOOK EX RAYS AND APPLIED OAN ACE BANDAGE.

October 25, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

REPAIRMAN WAS WORKING ON THE DUMP TRUCK WHEN LOADER WAS PARKED, HOLDING THE END OF THE SPRING OFF THE FLOOR. HE RAISED UP, STRIKING HIS HEAD ON THE CUTTING LIP OF THE BUCKET.

September 15, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING OUTRIGGER PADS ONCRANE WHILE AT WORK.

April 13, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AS THE LOADER O1ERATOR WAS GETTING OFF LOADER, THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ON HIS HAND, CAUSING CUTS ON HIS FINGERS.

May 23, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT FINGER RING ON EDGE OF METAL BIN.

May 23, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRANKING HOIST WHEN CHAIN BROKE.BROKEN CHAIN HIT EMPL ON RIGHT KNEE,CUTTING IT AND CAUSING LAMENESS.TORN LIGAMENTS ON LEFT SIDE OF RIGHT KNEE.

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