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August 17, 1996 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northrup Concrete Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS CHANGING A FILTER ON A LOADER.

April 5, 1996 NY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northrup Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE WASH PLANT & TWISTED HIS KNEE WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE GROUND.

January 29, 1996 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Northrup Concrete Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WELDING AND TH WELDING ARE BURNED HIS EYES.

November 28, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northrup Concrete Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING UP A HYDRAULIC HOSE WHEN THE END SWUNG UPAND HIT HIM ON A LEFT UPPER TOOTH.

October 12, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northrup Concrete Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS REMOVING THE BEARINGS & HOUSING FROM AN ALLIS CHAMERS SCREEN WITH A HAMMER. THE HAMMER HEAD SPLINTERED & A PIECE OF METAL WAS EMBEDDED INEE'S RIGHT WRIST.

August 21, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northrup Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON THE SCREEN OF THE WASH PLANT. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE MOTOR SUPPORT TO THE CATWALK DECK, HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

April 21, 1995 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Northrup Concrete Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN CRUSH AND RUN HOPPER WHEN HE BANGED HIS ELBOW ON THE HOPPER. HE DEVELOPED INFECTION IN HIS ELBOW.

December 9, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northrup Concrete Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HITTING A TOOTH ON A LOADER BUCKET WITH A HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OF THE TOOTH CHIPPED OFF AND HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE.

July 25, 1994 NY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Northrup Concrete Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS DOING HIS PRESHIFT INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE HE DRIVES WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAB HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

November 16, 1993 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Northrup Concrete Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN MUD FROM A MOVING RETURN IDLER THE IDLER GRABBED HIS SHOVEL. H E REACHED FOR THE SHOVEL AND GOT CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR. AT THE TIME INJURIES LOOKED LIKE THEY COULD B E SERIOUS SO AN AMBULANCE WAS SUMMONED. AS IT TURNED OF HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. THE WORST OF HIS INJURIES IS 17 STITCHES IN HIS LEFT HAND THE REST IS BRUINDING SORENESS.

May 23, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Northrup Concrete Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A ROCK WITH A CROWBAR ROCK MOVED HIS HAND SMASHED BETWEEN THE CROW BAR AND A MACHINE

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