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April 25, 1989 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Maryland Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRUCK STEERING WHEEL SPUN AROUND AND DRIVER HAD HIS L ARM STUCK IN WHEEL BRUISED SOFT TISSUE IN L ARM

October 13, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maryland Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINGER GOT STUCK IN HANDLE USED TO CLOSE BIN.

August 25, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maryland Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED A STEEL BAND OUT OF SJOME SCREENS THAT IT WAS STUCK IN AND IT SNAPPED UP AND HIT INJ ON BACK OF R. HAND CUTTING IT.

July 22, 1988 MD · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Maryland Minerals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE INJURED SAID HE GOT AN HERNIA FROM MOVING A BIG ROCK BY HAND.THE ROCK WAS IN FRONT OF THE SHOVEL TRACK AND WE SLID THE ROCK OUT OF THE WAY.IT WAS TWO TO THREE WEEKS TILL HE FOUND OUT HE HA D A HERNIA.

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