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1983–2026
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July 18, 1994 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Gypsum, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLIMBING IN FRONT END LOADER TWISTED BACK EMPLOYEE REPORTED INJURY 07-21-94 EMPLOYEE RETURN TO WORK LIGHT DUTY 07-25-94

December 9, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harrison Gypsum, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING WITH HAMMER HEAD CAME LOOSE FROM HANDLE HIT HAT BOUNCED TO HIS SHOULDER

September 20, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Harrison Gypsum, LLC · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS FINISHING A WELD AND REMOVING WELDING HOOD. AS THE WELD COOLED, SLAG POPPED AND WENT OVER THE TOP OF SAFETY GLASSES IMBEDING IN THE LEFT EYE.

July 26, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Harrison Gypsum, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING 3 SPOUT BAGGER AND GOT HAND CAUGHT IN BAGGER BLADES.

July 19, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Gypsum, LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS LIFITING PALLET OVER HEAD PALLET WENT ON OVERHEAD & HIT HIM IN BACK.

February 27, 1991 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Harrison Gypsum, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS OPERATING BAGGER AND RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT AND MASHED.

May 26, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Gypsum, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CRAWLED UNDER THE DRYER ON HIS BACK TO CHANGE BEARINGS IN THE DRYER AND HURT HIS BACK.

August 22, 1988 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harrison Gypsum, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THORAXES SPRAIN/STRAIN INJURY LIFTING 50 LB. BAG.

December 1, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
A W Arnold & Associates Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PETER WAS OPERATING THE LOADER WHEN HE NOTICED DIRT IN ORE PILE. HE STOPPED THE LOADER AND WENT 40 ORE PILE TO REMOVE DIRT, AS HE FINISHED AND WENT TO STAND UPRIGHT HE TWISTED AND SPRUNG HIS BACK.

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