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September 13, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by falling object

EE ALLEGED THAT A ROCK HIT HIM BEHIND LEFT EAR AT BASE OF SKULL WHILE SHOVELING ROCKS OUT FROM UNDER JAWS.

August 31, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck against a moving object

MEPLOYE EALLEGES BACK STRAIN WHILE IN ENDUMP THAT WAS BEING LOADED IWTH BOULDERS. EVIDENTLY ON E OF THE BOULDERS JARRED THE ENDUMP.

June 3, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Contracting Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HANDLING CREOSOTE TIMBERS- CREOSOTE BURNS TO ARMS.

June 1, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE HELPIN GRAIL CREW PULL SPIKES AND PUT SPIKES IN WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ALL DAY. THAT EVENING WHEN HE GOT HOME HIS MUSCLES TIGHTENED IN HIS BACK.

May 20, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE THE RAIL ROLLER ON THE BELT UNDER THE RIP PLANT AND TWISTED HIS BACK PUTTING THE TAIL ROLLER IN.

April 9, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE PLANT, HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF METAL & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

February 21, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TOKNOCK A BOOM CYCLINER PIN OUT OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WHILE USING THE SLEDGE HAMMER HIS BACK STARTED HURTING.

January 7, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Contracting Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING BETWEEN TRAIN CARS TO CHECK THEM PRIOR TO LOADING & AS HE WAS GETTING DOWN HE SLIPPED ON A PATCH OF ICE & FELL STRIKING HIS CHEST ON A PLATFORM ON THE END OF THE RAIL CAR

November 18, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN A LOADER BUCKET IN ORDER TO REACH THE SHAFT TO BE CUT OFF OF LOAD SECTION OF CONVEYOR. A PIECE OF SLAG CAME OFF SHAFT AND WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EAR.

January 30, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Contracting Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK ON PASSENGER SIDE TO CHECK IF HE WAS GETTING A FLAT. HE DISMOUNTED TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ABOUT 18" HITTING HIS HIP ON A FLAT ROCK.

January 25, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE JAW CRUSHER BELT ANOTHER EE WAS FEEDING THE CRUSHER A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX. 20 LBS HIT EE IN THE CENTER OF HIS BACK.

January 21, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING BESIDE RIP PLANT, CLIMBED ON A PILE OF ROCKS TO GET OUT AND HIT HIS LEG ON THE SIDE OF A TELEPHONE POLE.

October 15, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SHOVELING FEEDER ONE FLATS FELL HIT L ARM

August 28, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ON HIS KNEES SHOVELING UNDER TAIL PULLEY, TWISTED WHILE SHOVELING AND FELT SOMETHING POP. LEFT UPPER BACK STRAIN.

October 18, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DRIVING PIN IN WITH HAMMER AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB.

September 9, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING LINER AND PIECE OF STEEL WENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND GOT INTO LEFT EYE.

August 24, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Herzog Contracting Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE LIFTING HOOD OFF OF ENGINE. HOOD SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT FINGER.

February 19, 1985 NM · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Herzog Contracting Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE APPARENTLY FELL ONTO A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT THAT RAN IMMEDIATELY UNDER AN EL JAY ROLLERCONE WHILE HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING A PROBLEM WITH SAID ROLLERCONE. HIS INJURIES APPARENTLY RESULTED WHEN HE WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE MOVING CONVEYOR BELT & FRAME OF THE ROLLERCONE.

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