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October 13, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E J Breneman Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS CHECKING WATER IN THE LOADER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE TOP OF THE LOADER.

February 28, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E J Breneman Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & EE WERE LIFTING ACETYLENE TANKS FROM THE GROUND & PLACING THEM IN RACKS ON THE BACK OF THE PICK-UP TRUCK EE WAS HOLDING THE BOTTOM OF THE CYCLINDER & WHILE PLACING IT IN THE RACK HIS FING ER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CYCLINDER & THE RACK

March 20, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E J Breneman Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE REINSTALLING A MOTOR ONT HE CRUSHER AND ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS THAT HOLD IT DOWN. THEY WERE USING A WRENCH WITH A PIPE ATTACHED TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS . BOTH WERE PUSHING WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE AND HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE CORNER OF A CEMENT PILLAR AND THE PIPE.

November 2, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E J Breneman Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF TRUCK, EE LOST HIS FOOTING AND JUMPED TO THE GROUND AND JARRED HIS KNEE.

August 29, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E J Breneman Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT TOOTH BY HITTING IT WITH HAMMER METAL TIP BROKE WENT IN L FOREARM

August 7, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E J Breneman Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TOGETHER WERE ALIGNING A BEARING IN A BBEARING BLOCK INJURED WAS HOLDING STEEL PIN AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS JIGGLING BEARING INTO THE BEARING BLOCK.THE PIN MOVED AND INJURED MOVED HIS HANDS UP AND BEARING CAUGHT FINGER.

June 30, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E J Breneman Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT FINGER ON FILTER

June 22, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E J Breneman Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS PUTTING A TRACK BACK ON THE P & H. HE PUT A BAR INTO THE TRACK TO MOVE IT BACK INTO PLACE. WHILE THE TRACK WAS MOVING THE BAR GOT STUCK. WHEN I.NAME TRIED TO REMOVE IT, HIS FINGER G OT PINCHED BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE TRACK.

July 28, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
E J Breneman Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS PUMPING OUT WATER FROM A GAS TANK, THE PUMP BACK FIRED, WHICH IGINTED THE FUEL.

June 29, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E J Breneman Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I. NAME WAS WATCHING CON VEYOR BOXWHEN SUPPORT OF CATWALK BROKE LOOSE.

June 7, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E J Breneman Inc · Fall from machine

I. NAEM WAS CLIMBING UP ONTO HIS LOADER AT TOP HE FELT DIZZY AND FELL OFF

October 7, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
E J Breneman Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PARKED THE LOAD9R, STEPPED INTO A GULLY, AND OVETURNED RIGHT ANKLE

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