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May 1, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwest Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING HANGE BOLDER FROM CRUSHER JAWS, BOLDER MOVED PINNINGPRY BAR AGAINST FINGER. 2ND. SIDE OF FINGER WAS BROKEN AND CRUSHED REQUIRING REMOVING FIRST JOINT. LEFT HAND.

July 25, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwest Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING BROKEN SPRING FROM JOY COMPRESSOR; AXLE SMASHED HIS HAND REQUIRING 6 STITCHES IN HIS FINGER.

December 20, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Southwest Lime Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CLEANING EXHAUST FAN ON ASPHALT PLANT.

August 7, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Southwest Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT LEG WITH SL9DGE HAMMER WHILE PERFORMING MAINENANCE ON CRUSHER, SELF-INFLICTED.

May 9, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southwest Lime Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING LIFT HA4MERS FOR HAMMERMILL AND SUFFERED A HERNIA.EFFECTS NOT EVIDENT FOR ABOUT 1 WK.

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