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December 14, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
More Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL HAD CHAIN SHACKLE ATTATCHED TO 50' ROPE FOR WEIGHT TO THROW OUT ONTO BARGE WHEN HE THREW ROPE ACROSS POND HIS ELBOW SNAPPED OUT OF PLACE & BACK IN PLACE.

July 12, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
More Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING SCREW FROM DOOR HINGE. SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND HIT AND CUT HIM OVER RIGHT EYE.

May 9, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
More Sand Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WORKING ON 8 INCH OVERHEAD PIPE BRACE REMOVING IT EE SLIPPED BACKWARDS DUE TO DAMP RAINING CONDITIONS AND FELL ONTO A PIECE OF IRON.

November 7, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
More Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING RADIATOR DUE TO LACATION HAD TO LIFT WITH ARMS EXTENDED WHICH RESULTED IN DISLOCATED.

August 31, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
More Sand Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME (EMPLOYEE) WAS USING A CRANK TO WIND CABLE ON THE BARGE, SOMEHOW HE LET THE CRANK HANDLE SLIP AND WAS IN A POSITION WHERE THE HANDLE HIT HIM IN THE FACE WHEN IT STARTED TO UNWIND. THE H ANDLE STRUCK HIM ON THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE, AND HE WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ADMISSIONS AT GEARY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. THE REPORTS ARE NOT YET COMPLETED, HOWEVER, THE NOSEBRIDGE WAS BROKEN.

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