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January 21, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D R Crushing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO HAUL TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

August 9, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D R Crushing Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTING BINS AT END OF DAY WHEN HIS RIGHT ARM POPPED.

June 19, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
D R Crushing Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING HAUL TRUCK TO CRUSHER, HE HIT A BUMP & AGGRAVATED A SORE BACK.

April 29, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
D R Crushing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING HAUL RIG TO DUMP IT. HAUL RIG WAS HARD TO STEER- STRAINED BACK MUSCLES.

October 28, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D R Crushing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF A HAUL RIG (TRUCK) WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF OF A STEMP AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH A HANDLE AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

July 31, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D R Crushing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING MATERIAL THAT WAS BUILT UP ON SCREEN DECK AND IN CHUTE WITH DIGGING BAR.

June 7, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D R Crushing Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS PULLING SHAFT UP ONTO CONVEYOR WITH A ROPE HE TWISTED TO SET SHAFT DOWN AND FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK.

April 18, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D R Crushing Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF OF THE HAUL RIG TO THE INSPECTOR'S TRUCK WHEN HE FELL.

April 16, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D R Crushing Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WASHING SCREEN PARTS WITH DIESEL FUEL AND NOW BOTH HANDS ARE RED AND SWOLLEN.

November 15, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
D R Crushing Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING LOADER, HIT BOULDER AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP, EE JAMMED SHOULDER AND ARM AGAINST STEERING WHEEL. EE HAS SORE LEFT SHOULDER.

October 21, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D R Crushing Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING FLASHING (RUBBER) WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND.

January 26, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
D R Crushing Inc · Contact with electrical current

EE WAS STARTING TRUCK AT STARTER AND CHECKING SYSTEM, WHEN HE BURNED THE INDEX FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND. RECEIVED ELECTRICAL BURN, BLISTERED AND BECAME INFECTED.

November 2, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
D R Crushing Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AROUND THE PLANT, THE WIND WAS BLOWING VERY HARD AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW IN EYE.

July 1, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D R Crushing Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING CONVEYOR BELT BY PULLING ON DRIVE BELTS AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT IN SHEAVE AND DRIVE BELT.

May 13, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D R Crushing Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF 988B LOADER HE MISSED CATCHING HAND RAIL & FELL TO THE GROUND

August 31, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D R Crushing Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MATERIAL FROM AROUND A CONVEYOR, USING A SHOVEL. HE SLIPPED ON SOME MUD TWISTING HIS BACK.

August 9, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D R Crushing Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF THE BACKHOE ADN STEPPED INTO A HOLE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

November 12, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D R Crushing Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON RATCHET & CHEATER PIPE

October 16, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D R Crushing Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING TAIL PULLEY TAIL PULLEY FELL STRIKING THUMB BETWEEN PULLEY SHAFT & FRAME WORK

August 14, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D R Crushing Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND.

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