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May 27, 1991 MS · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grant Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNDERNEATH DUMPTRUCK DOING REPAIR WORK. WHEN HE UNCOUPLED POWER TAKE OFF DRIVE SHAFT, IT FELL AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD AND NOSE REQUIRING STITCHES.

April 23, 1991 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Grant Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER TO PLACE A SHEET OF STEEL ON BACK OF TRUCK WHEN A FLYING PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK HIS RIGHT EYE.

June 14, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grant Gravel Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STEPOPED DOWN FROM TRUCK ONE FOOT STEPPED INTO A HOLE IN THE PAVEMENT ONE FOOT WAS STILL ON THE TRUCK SHE LOST HER BALNCE AND FELL ON HER LEFT WRIST.

January 22, 1990 MS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Grant Gravel Company · Flash burns (welding)

FITTING METAL HELPING WELDER OPERATOR.WAS EXPOSED TO FLASHES FROM WELDER.BOTH EYES WERE BURNED.

November 28, 1989 MS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grant Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LIFTING AND PULLING WHILE WORKING ON A GRAVEL SCREENING UNIT.AWKWARD HANDLING OF GRAVEL SCREENS.STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

November 19, 1989 MS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grant Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS LIFTING AND TURNING METAL TROUGHS SO THAT HE COULD WELD THEM.WHILE LIFTING LOWER BACK AREA WAS STRAINED.

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