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December 27, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C.M. Lohr Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WHEN SUDDEN PAID OCCURRED LATER DIAGNOSED AS HAVING AN INGUINAL HERNIA. EE HAD SURGERY ON DEC 30 TO REPAIR DAMAGE. HE IS CURRENTLY NOT WORKING AND TAKING PRESC RIBED MEDICATION FOR PAIN.

October 30, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C.M. Lohr Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DISASSEMBLING DISC BRAKE CALIPER ASSEMBLY WHEN DALIPER PISTON FREED IT RICHOCHETED &HIT THUMB EMPLOYEE HAS A BROKEN LEFT THUMB & IS CURRENTLY TAKING PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR PAI N

May 27, 1992 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
C.M. Lohr Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PRYING A BIN DOOR OPEN TO RELEASE ROCK THAT WAS STUCK, ROCK FELL OUT, DOOR SLIPPED AND JAMMED THUMB. CRUSHED RIGHT THUMB.

February 7, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
C.M. Lohr Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL AND THE GRINDER SLIPPED CUT LEFT KNEE.

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