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September 14, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

BUCKET TIPPED INJURING FOOT/ANKLE

July 7, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

TOOK CAP OFF LOADER STEAMED OUT BURNS ON ABDOMEN

May 1, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL GETTING OFF LOADER HUNG SHIRT CAUSING LOSS OF BALANCE AND SLIPPED HITTING HEAD AND BACK ON STEPS.

January 24, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

PUTTING BATTERY CHARGER ON 530 LOADER,2 BATTERIES EXPLODED REASON UNKNOWN.

November 2, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

I WAS RUNNING THE FRONTEND LOADER MOVING SAND AND I HAS SOME SHARP PAIN IN THE LOWER PART OF MY BACK FROM ITS (LOADER) BOUNCING AROUND ALL THE TIME.

September 27, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK OF WHICH HE HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 10 HOURS AND WENT AROUND TO THE BACK TO HELP LOOSEN REAR-END CONNECTOR AND WHEN HE BENT OVER TO HELP AND AS HE STARTED TO STRIGHTEN UP HE FELT A SHARP STABBING PAIN IN HIS LOW BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BUT HE COULDNT STRAIGHTENED UP. THE PAIN IS DULL NAGGY TYPE THAT WONT LET UP AND WHEN HE MOVE CERTAIN WAYS IT A SEVERE STABBING

August 7, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

RETURNING TO HOPPER FROM PIT.TOPPED HILL,SAW LOADER PUSHING TRUCK BACKWARDS INTO 1" STOCKPILE-TRUCK WAS STALLED.BEGAN HONKING HORN AND APPLYING BRAKES,SAW LOADER UNABLE TO MOVE FAST ENOUGH SO DRIVER MOVED TO FAR SIDE OF ROAD HITTING SOFT SHOULDER AND TURNING OVER ON ITS SIDE.

May 30, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UPON REPAIRING TIRE OF ROAD GRADER LOCK RING POPPED OUT AS THE AIR WAS BEING PUT INTO IT CUTTING THE LEFT FOREARM IN TWO PLACES & BREAKING IT IN TWO POSSIBLY MORE PLACES PLUS BREAKING THE LITT LE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND

August 23, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHANGING TIRE, RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HUB AND WHEEL. MASHING THE FINGER AND TARING THE NAIL OFF.

June 20, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

UPON PICKING UP WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CLEAN SHPO TOWEL EMPLOYEE WIPED FACE ARMS AND HANDS AND NECK AREAS SWELLING BEGAN TO OCCUR IN THESE AREAS WITH A RASH ON THE BODY AND ARMS WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WENT TO DOCTOR A.M. JUNE 21,22,23,24,25 1988 FOR SHOTS AND MEDICATION

April 9, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE PUTTING A BATTERY CHARGER ON A TRUCK I JUST BENT OVER AND PICKED UP THE CORD AND FELT A FUNNY PAIN IN MY LEFT LOWER BACK

July 21, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Brown Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SUING H5ND HELD DISC GRINDER TO REPAIR BRAKE PLATE HE WAS CUTTING ON EDGE DOWN WHEN THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND STREUCK HIM IN THE RT FOREARM ABOVE WRIST

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