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February 23, 1996 PR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE HOLDING A CHAIN WITH A LOADER TRASMITION THE TRASMITION PART SWING AND PINCH HIS LEFT HAND FINGER WITH A WALL CUTTING HIS FINGER.

March 23, 1995 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE REPAIR CONVEYOR BELT THE EMPLOYEE SLIP ANDFRACTURE HIS RIGHT SIDE OF HIS PELVIS.

October 12, 1994 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE OPERATOR WAS GET OFF THE FRONT END LOADER HE SLIPPERY AND HIT THE STAIR OF THE LOADER WITHLEFT KNEE CAUSE SWOLLEN.

October 7, 1994 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE POLISHING A PART, A FOREIGN MATERIAL ENTERED IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

July 27, 1993 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE EMPLOYEE CUTTING METAL WITH ACETILENE A PIECE OF METAL GET TROUGH THE SAFETY SHOES AND PRODUCE A BURN. IN HIS LEFT FOOT.

January 25, 1991 PR · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE: LOWERED OXYGEN OR ACETELNE CYLINDER FROM PICK-UP AND FELT A SHARP PAIN AT HIS WAIST.

December 28, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SET ELECT POLISHER ON TABLE IT FELL LACE R KNEE

July 31, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS IS A TRANSLATION FROM SPANISH(WHILE WORKING A PIPE WITH A POLISHER A PARTICLE OF METAL STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT EYE.

April 5, 1990 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING PC OF CONVEY, ROLLER FELT LOWER BACK PAIN

September 26, 1989 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE INJURED WAS CLEANING AN AREA OUTSIDE HE STEPPED WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT ON A PIECE OF METAL. NOTE: THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF A SPANISH NARRATIVE.

August 30, 1989 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Agregado Sur Este Inc · Contact with electrical current

WHILE OPER PLANT HE BURNED HIMSELF ON ELECTRIC BOX

October 12, 1988 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PULL OUT THE NET FLOAT OUT OF THE PLANT WATER POUND HE SLIDE AND HE SUFFER PAIN ON HIS RIGHT KNEE.

May 2, 1988 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

QHILW WMPLOYWW QA XLWNINF RHW PLNR QIRH PEWAAUEW QRWE HOAW HW LIS IR SOQN DOE MOMWNR XUAINF RHWHILE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING PLANT WITH A PRESSURE WATER HOSE HE LAID IT DOWN FOR A MOMENT CAUSI NG HOSE SWIVEL FREELY STRIKING EMPLOYEE FACE WITH LACERATION NEXT TO THE EYE

October 23, 1986 PR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE DISMOUNTI3G THE LOADER TO DRINK WATER HE HIT THE LADDER OF LOADER WITH HIS CHEST ON THE LEFT SIDE

November 19, 1985 PR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE CHANGING SCREENS WITH A BAR THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSED THE SCREEN TO FALL AND THE EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER WAS CUT

February 23, 1983 PR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Inabon Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS CARRYING MATERIALS TO REPAIR PLANT AND HE MADE A FALSE STEP AND HURT HIS LEFT FOOT.

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