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June 5, 1997 MA · Metal/Non-Metal safety director HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R T Curtis Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD A ROCK STUCK IN THE TAIL GATE OF A DUMP TRUCK. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO FREE THE ROCK BY PULLING OU TON THE TAILGATE AND GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TAILGATE AND THE TRUCK BODY. INJU RY LATER BECAME INFECTED.

February 5, 1992 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R T Curtis Inc · Struck against stationary object

HIT HEAD ON DOOR OF FRONT END LOADER.

January 28, 1991 MA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R T Curtis Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FORD WAS ICED UP IN PLACES SLIPPED ON ICE GOING INT O OFFICE FELL & SHURT LEFT KNEE & RT HAND

October 11, 1989 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R T Curtis Inc · Fall from machine

WAS WORKING ON WASH SCREW WHEN SLIPPED & FELL OFF PLANT.

October 11, 1989 MA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R T Curtis Inc · Struck by falling object

WAS WORKING ON WASH SCREW WHEN SLIPPED & FELL OFF PLANT.

August 3, 1989 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
R T Curtis Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

I NAME WAS GREASING SAND CONVEYOR WHEN HE GOT STUNG TWICE BY HORNETS ONCE ON THE ARM AND ONCE ON THE CHIN

June 23, 1988 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
R T Curtis Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEG.

June 20, 1988 MA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R T Curtis Inc · Fall from ladders

CLIMBING DOWN SIDE OF TRUCK AFTER COVERING LOAD, SLIPPED OFF LADDER AND FELL 4 1/2 FEET TO GROUND LANDING ON KNEE.

May 2, 1988 MA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
R T Curtis Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RETURN BELT STOPPED RUNNING AND WAS WORKING ON V BELT WITH POWER OFF AND BELT RETRACTED CUTTING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

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