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May 22, 2012 WI · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanke Terminals Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Removing hydraulic line on excavator, spraying oil in face.

May 21, 2010 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Hanke Terminals Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Cat 980G wheel loader feeing plant backed up from plant and into Cat 330BL excavator.

April 24, 2006 WI · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanke Terminals Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner did some heavy material handling on 4/21 with the mine foreman. On Monday, 4/24, he helped change screens on the crusher and performed other routine duties. At the end of the shift he told the foreman his low back was sore. He did not work on Tues. On Wed. he sought medical attention from a chiropractor who diagnosed sacroilliac joint disfunction and placed him off work.

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