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June 15, 1998 MN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD BEEN HANDLING DRILL STEEL & CHANGING BITSON DRILL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING HURT IN HIS LOWER BACK.

August 4, 1997 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING BLOCKING AND SCREEN & FELT SOME DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK & LEGS. HE FINISHED THE DAY WORKING. NEXT DAY, HE HAD A LOT OF PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

September 6, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING AIR PRESSURE TO MOVE WATER FROM 55 GALLON DRUM TO ROCK DRILL WHEN THE PRESSURE INSIDE THE DRUM BLEW OFF THE TOP OF DRUM, HITTING THE EE ON THE RT HAND.

March 5, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING XX AWAY FROM HIS TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE INJURING HIS SHOULDER.

April 12, 1995 MN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING OBJECT WHILE HIS RT FOOT WAS ON UNEVEN GROUND AS HE LIFTED HIS RT ANKLE TURNED OVER SPRAINING THE ANKLE

July 12, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING WITH A SHOVEL WHEN HIS RT ARM HIT A CONVEYOR THE CONVEYOR STARTED TO PULL HIS ARM IN BUT HE WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OUT BEFORE HE REMOVED HIS ARM IT DID RECEIVE A BURN FROM THE CONVEYOR BELTING

June 22, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE WAS SWINGING A MALL TRYING TO GET A ROCK REMOVED FROM JAW IN CRUSHING PLANT. HE FELT SOMETHING POP IN HIS BACK.

April 21, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A BAR WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO HIT THE BAR TO LOOSEN A ROCK STUCK IN A TAIL PULLEY THE HAMMER BOUNCED OFF THE BAR BACK UP INTO THE EMPLOYEE HOLD ING THE BAR MOUTH PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ARE TWO CHIPPED TOP FRONT TEETH

September 16, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLOSING THE LITTLE JAW, EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON WRENCH WITH FOOT TO TIGHTEN WHEN EMPLOYEE TWISTED, PINCHING NERVE IN BACK.

July 7, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG THE CONE ON THE CRUSHING PLANT WITH A SPECIAL ROD. WHEN HE PUT THE ROD INTO THE CONE, THE ROD FLEW DIRECTLY UP INTO HIS FACE.

June 2, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AFTER LOADING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ONTO THE TRUCK TRAILER, HE WAS LOADING SOME TIMBER USED TO LOAD THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. WHILE PLACING THE TIMBER DOWN ON THE TRAILER, HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS PINCHED CAUSING THE TIP OF THE FINGER TO BE BROKEN AND CAUSING A CUT DOWN THE SAME FINGER.

October 19, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DRIVING EUCLID TRUCK STEERING WHEEL SPUN, CATCHING HIS THUMB THUS BREAKING BONE.

August 6, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL WAS LIFITING ON BAR TO MOVE TAIL OF CONVEYOR OVER. HE STRAINED LYMPH NODES IN GROIN AREA.

June 14, 1985 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Brielmaier Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

PLANT OPERATOR LEFT CRUSHER HOUSE TO REMOVE CLAY FROM CONVEYOR OPERATOR CLEANED FIRST CONVEYOR AND MOVED ON TO SECOND CONVEYOR DRIVER SAW THAT OPERATOR WAS OUT OF FIRST CONVEYOR ASSUMED HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK TO THE CRUSHER HOUSE AND STARTED THE FIRST AND SECOND CONVEYORS OPERATOR WAS CUAGHT IN SECOND CONVEYOR

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