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February 7, 1986 WA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Industrial Mineral Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING DOWN F9OM TRUCK BACK STARTED TO HURT.

December 27, 1985 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Industrial Mineral Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

SWINGING SLEDGE3HAMMER TO FEE MATERIAL IN HOPPER, PULLED MUSCLE IN STOMACHE AREA.

April 20, 1985 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Industrial Mineral Products Inc · Fall from ladders

CLIMBING DOWN LADDER, SLIPPED AND FELL ON PIECE OF PIPE. SCRAPED LEFT KNEE AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE.

February 28, 1985 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Industrial Mineral Products Inc · Fall from machine

WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM LOADER, SLIPPED AND FELL BACK, LANDING ON BACK & RIGHT KNEE. LIMITED RANGE OF SPINAL MOBILITY WITH MUSCLE SPASMS AND PAIN ON DIGITAL PRESSURE.

January 9, 1985 WA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator POWERED HAULAGE
Industrial Mineral Products Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

CLEANING OUT TAIL PULLEY ON CONVEYOR BELT, BELT WAS RUNNING FAR TO ONE SIDE BECAUSE OF SAND ON HEAD PULLEY, WORKER USED A BROKEN HANDLE SHOVEL TO REACH IN BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY, SHOVEL GOT P ULLED IN AND WORKERS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT ON THE SHOVEL PULLING HIS RIGHT HAND AND ARM IN BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY. RESULTING IN MONTAGGIA FX R ELBOW/CRUSH INJURY R ARM/HAND/LAC RMF

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