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July 24, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS CUTTING SPRAING HANGER BOLTS WHEN JACK GAVE WAY BODY OF TRAILER CAME DOWN POSITIONED HIM BETWEEN BODY & TIRE. THE MECHANIC WAS THERE TO FREE HIM FROM ANY SERIOUS INJURY. INJ SUFFERS F ROM 2-3 CRACKED RIBS.

March 21, 1990 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck against a moving object

I.NAME OPERATIONG LOADER,JOLTED IN HIS SEAT.TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE AND ADMITTED.I.NAME INJRY LOWER BACK PAIN.

September 27, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS STEPPING UP INTO TRUCK, AND STRAINED MUSCLE IN RIGHT HIP.

May 11, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GETTING DOWN OUT OF TRUCK AND SLIPPED,CAUGHT HIMSELF, SUFFERS FROM LOWER BACK PAIN.

January 20, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN OUT OF LADER AND SLIPPED. HE WAS OBTAINED CUNTUSION TO LEFT LEG. HE RECEIVED A SCRATCH TO LEFT LEG WHICH BECAME INFECTED.

January 6, 1988 VA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

CAUGHT RT HAND IN BELT ON FEEDER ON SAND PLANT OPEN TUFT FRACTURES RT LITTLE RT RING FINGERS FRACTURE RT RING FINGER MIDDLE PHALANX LACERATIONS RT RING & LITTLE FINGERS

September 27, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall onto or against objects

I NAME WAS ON T2E MILL WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL HE HIT HIS LIP ON THE PIPE WRENCH HE HAD IN HIS HAND.

July 21, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO OPEN THE DOOR OF THE LOADER WHEN HE CAUGHT THE BACK OF HIS LEG ON THE SEAT OF THE LOADER.

March 9, 1987 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall from machine

IT HAD BEEN RAI3ING ALL DAY. I,NAME WAS ON TOP OF THE HOPPER REMOVING A ROCK THAT HADBEEN TOO LARGE. HE STOOD UP LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND INJURING HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

March 3, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS MOVI3G A PIECE OF HEAVY METAL WIHT A PRY BAR HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS FOREARM

February 20, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

MAN WAS BUILDIN1 PLATFORM WALKWAY ON HOPPER WHEN HE DROPPED HIS TAPE HE ATTEMPED TO CLIMB DOWN INTO THE HOPPER TO RETRIVE THE TAPE HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE BOTTOM

January 7, 1986 VA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck by falling object

I.NAME WAS PRYI3G A HEAVY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT UP FOR THE MECHANIC TO WORK ON WHEN THE EQUIPMENT SLIPPED AND THE CROWBAR DROPPED ON I.NAMES FOOT

September 22, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE JAMES WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD OIL BARRELS FROM TRUCK WHEN ONE BEGAN TO SLIP AND IN AN EFFECT TO STOP IT FROM FALLING, HIS RIGHT WRIST WAS BENT BACKWARDS, SPRAINED & BRUISED.

March 22, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MR WAYLAND AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE UNHOOKING TRACTOR FROM TRAILER AND WHILE PULLING THE LEVER IT BROKE CAUSING BOTH EMPLOYEES TO FALL AND INJURING MR WAYLANDS LEFT LEG

January 20, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO TAKE UNIVERSAL JOINT OUT OF TRUCK THE TOOL HE WAS USING A CROWBAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER FRACTURING IT HE DID NOT REALIZE AT THE TIME THAT HIS FINGER WAS FRACTUR ED AND DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 020783

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