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June 13, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Adams County Asphalt Company · Struck against a moving object

EE NOTIFIED ME JUNE 13,1993 THAT HIS NECK HURT WEHN HE TURNED TO LOOK CENTEN DIRECTIONS THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE IT CHECKED BY HIS DR AND WOULD LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING DR PUT HIM ON MEDIC ATION AND HE WOULD NOT COME TO WORK DUE TO MEDICATION HE WAS TAKING.

May 25, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Adams County Asphalt Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER CONVEYOR BELTING WITH RAZOR KNIFE, KNIFE SLIPPED OFF MATERIAL AND PUNCTURED EMPLOYEE'S LEG (RT) AT KNEE. NO STICHES WERE REQUIRED, BUT LEG BECAME SWOLLEN AND HE WEN T TO DR. AND WAS TOLD TO STAY HOME.

April 8, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Adams County Asphalt Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH 24" PIPE WRENCH DIS CONNECTING TWO PIPES WHEN HE DROPPED WRENCH ON RIGHT HAND INDEX FINGER WAS NOT CUT OR OPEN JUSTSOME SWELLING AND DISCOMFORT UNTIL 4-22-93 HE HAD DISCOMFORT AND WANTED TO GO TO MEDICAL CTR TO HAVE CHECKED. RETURNED TO WORK UNTIL 4-26-93 HE TOLD TO CUT HIS FINGER OPEN AND HE WOULD BE OFF 2 WKS.

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