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1983–2026
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November 21, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harry Keith & Sons Inc · Fall from machine

SLIPPED OFF PIONEER SCRENING UNIT WHILE CHANGING SCREEN LANDING ON TAILBONE AND BACK.

September 15, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Harry Keith & Sons Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS DRIVING EUCLID & ACCELERATOR STUCK & HE JUMPED OUT OF EUCLID. HE BRUISED BONE ON RIGHT ANKLE & HEEL.

July 13, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harry Keith & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS KNEELING UNDER A PULLEY GUARD ON THE CRUSHER AND CHANGING A ROLLER ON THE IMPACTOR BELT.HE RAISED UP AND HIT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON THE PULLEY GUARD AND WAS KNOCKED DOWN.HE RECIVED A BU MP ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD AND PAIN TO HIS NECK AND HEADACHES.IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CERVICAL STRAIN AND CONTUSION OF SKULL.

September 14, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Harry Keith & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING ROCK AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER RESULTING IN INFLAMMATION TO HIS SHOULDER CAUSING SEVERE PAIN. HE HAD ALSO BEEN USING A SLADGE HAMMER.

July 24, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harry Keith & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE VISTED HIS F5MILY DOCTOR BECUASE OF A LUMP ON HIS SIDE. HE WAS ADVISED THAT HE HAD A HERNIA WHICH REQUIRES SURGERY. WORK INVOLVES LABOR. LIFTING AND SHOVELING SO THE HERNIA WAS PROBABLY SUFFERED ON THE3JOB.

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