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August 25, 1988 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
W E Cloutier & Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

I NAME WHILE APPLYING BELT DRESSING TO A HEAD ROLL ON A CONVEYOR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS L ARM IN BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE ROLLER CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO HIS ARM I NAME DIDNT SHUT DOWN OR LOCK OUT ACCORDING TO POLICE I NAME CLIMBED ON TOP OF AN OPERATING SHAKER SCREEN TO APPLY THE DRESSING

August 10, 1988 ME · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
W E Cloutier & Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SHOVELING DEBRIS ONTO CONVEYOR WHEN ROCK BOUNCED OFF BELT STRIKING HIM ON HEAD. HE WAS WEARING HARD HAT AT TIME. STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

May 19, 1988 ME · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W E Cloutier & Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

QUARRY FOREMAN ATTEMPTED TO PUSH A PIECE OF LEDGE INTO CRUSHER HOPPER HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELT SOMETHING SNAP IN HIS SHOULDER

July 15, 1987 ME · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W E Cloutier & Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME CUT HIS 0INGER WHILE CLOSING THE HOOD ON THE CRUSHER HAUL TRUCK. HE REQUIRED 6 SUTURES.

March 6, 1987 ME · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
W E Cloutier & Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS WORK3NG WITH OTHERS ON A CRUSHER THAT IS BEING REMOVATED THE WORK INVOLVED PUSHING PULLING LIFTING ETC.AS A RESULT OF DOING THIS FOR 3 DAYS HE DEVELOPED SPRAINS IN HIS BACK & HAD TO LOSE TIME 3

July 23, 1986 ME · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W E Cloutier & Company Inc · Fall from ladders

HE WAS CLIMBING3THE LADDER TO THE CONTROL ROOM. HE APPARENTLY STEPPED IN SOME OIL PRIOR TO ASCENDING THE LADDER. THIS CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS FOOTING AND FELL 6-8 FEET FROM THE LADDER. NG HIS ANKLE. 3

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