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July 12, 2005 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling on a 1" steel water line to break it free from a barbed fitting.

July 24, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS DRIVING OVER BUMPY AREAS IN THE PIT HE HURT HIS NECK WHICH THEN CAUSED NUMBNESS IN LEFT HAND.

May 24, 2002 NY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHEN OPERATING A ACETYLENE TORCH A PIECE OF HOT SLAG BLEW IN HIS LEFT EAR.

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