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December 8, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Springfield Quarry Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE & ANOTHER EE WERE LIFTING A BARREL & VICTIM FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS NECK.

November 24, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Springfield Quarry Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HAMMERING A METAL WEDGE & A SLIVER CHIPPED OFF & FLEW INTO HIS EYE.

October 20, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Springfield Quarry Rock Products Inc · Contact with electrical current

CONSTANT MOVING OF FINGERS DOING MECHANICAL WORK.

July 1, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Springfield Quarry Rock Products Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OVER THE YEARS, EE HAS WORKED IN NOISY ENVIRONMENTS & HAS SUFFERED PERMANENT HEARING LOSS.

January 27, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Springfield Quarry Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

FOREIGN OBJECTS BLEW FROM VENT OF TRUCK INTO EE'S EYE.

July 11, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE

THE WATER TRUCK WAS PARTIALLY LOADED & COMING DOWN A 5% GRADE OFF THE HILL WHEN THE JAKE BRAKE STOPPED WORKING ACCORDING TO OPERATOR & A POINT WHERE HE HAD MET ANOTHER PIT TRUCK COMING UP HILL & TO AVOID COLLISION WENT OFF ROAD & JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK HE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT & DID UNDO IT BEFORE JUMPING HE SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY

May 20, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Springfield Quarry Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS STARTING DRILL STEEL WHEN STEEL HOLDER OPENED UP ALLOWING THE STEEL TO RUN SMASHING THUMBON BOOM

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