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September 3, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL ALLEGES HE WAS CARRYING 50 LB CASES OF POWDER FROM MAGAZINE TO POWDER TRUCK AND BACK STARTED HURTING HIM.

August 30, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS DRILLING AND DIRT BLEW OUT OF HOLE IN HIS EYE CAUSING INJURY

July 28, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Daniel Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES, HE WAS SITTING IN TRUCK, GETTING IT LOADED WHEN LOADER BUCKET HIT BED OF TRUCK, ROCKING IT AND HURTING HIS BACK CAUSING INJURY.

July 19, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EE ALLEGEES HE WAS PUTTING BITS ON HIS DRILL WHEN HE DROPPED THEM & A SPIR CAUGHT HIS HAND CUTTING IT.

May 29, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER WHEN HIS HOLT ON A RAM SLIPPED AND RAM FELL PINCHING HAND CAUSING INJURY

May 9, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS THROWING A PIECE OF METAL UP OVER SIDE OF TRUCK AND ONE END SLIDE BACK, AND HE BLOCKED IT WITH HIS SHOULDER AND THEN IT FELL ON HIS FOOT CAUSING INJURY.

April 9, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING CRUSHER AND RAM SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN ON LITTLE FINGER CAUSING INJURY

March 22, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES HE WAS ROLLING A 55 GALLON BARREL EDGE CUT THRU GLOVE & CUT THUMB CAUSING INJURY.

March 19, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS CLIMBING INTO FRONT-END LOADER AND HIT HIS HAND AGAINST A SHARP CORNER CAUSING INJURY

January 29, 1984 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP ALLEGES HE WAS PUTTING IN LINERS IN BOTTOM POF SAND CLASSIFIERS WHEN A PIECE OF LINER STEEL SLIPPED AND CUT PALM CAUSING INJURY

December 19, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS PUTTING PIPE UP ON WALL AND DRILLING PIN HOLES WHEN SHOULDER HAS POPPING SOUND WAS ALSO USING JACK HAMMER THE DAY BEFORE

October 29, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS DRILLING IN PORTLOCK WITH AIR TRACK DRILL WHEN SOMETHING ENTERED HIS EYE CAUSING INJURY.

October 11, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPLICING BELTS TOGETHER AT CRUSHER WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND WENT INTO LEG CAUSING LARGE LACERATION ON RIGHT LEG DISTAL TO KNEE.

September 2, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Daniel Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES HE WAS PULLING SCREEN ONTO SHAKER & SLIPPED ON WET SCREEN KNEE TWISTED & POPPED BUT HE DIDN\T FALL.

July 21, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS BACKING UP DRILL AND HE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND HIMSELF AND SMASHED HIS LEG CAUSING INJURY

May 5, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS PRIZING A FRAME WITH A PIECE OF PIPE WHEN PIPE SLIPPED CAUSING INJURY

April 26, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Fall from machine

THE EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS REPAIRING THE CHUTE ON THE FEED DISTRIBUTOR AT THE SAND PLANT, WHEN THE CHUTE WAS BEING HELD WITH A CRANE AND THE CHUTE MOVED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND H E JUMPED APPROX. 5\.

March 6, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Daniel Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES HE WAS WLEDING A FLOOR DECKING AT THE CRUSHER & THOUGHT HE HAD FLASH BURNS UNTIL HE CAME TO FIRST AID & THEY DETECTED A FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EYE.

January 31, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Daniel Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES AFTER WELDING HE RAISED HIS HOOD AND STRUCK HIS NOSE ON A BOLT PROTRUDING OUT OF SAND CHUTE.

January 18, 1983 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Daniel Construction Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES WHILE LOADING WOOD, HE SLIPPED ON SNOW AND FELL CAUSING INJURY.

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