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June 11, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Menoken Rock & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE I NAME WAS GRINDING WITH A GRINDER HAD SAFTEY GLASS ON BUT A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO OUTER OPENING ON RIGHT SIDE OF GLASSES AND LODGED IN HIS EYE.

May 24, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Menoken Rock & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BACK HOE OPERATOR WAS RUNNING BACKHOE LOADING TRUCKS WITH MATERIALS FOR PROCESSING HYERALIC LINE ON MAIN ARM OF HOE WHICH HOLDS UP THE BUCKET BROKE AS HE WAS DUMPING LOAD OF MATERIAL INTO A T RUCK FORCE OF BUCKET DROPPING INTO TRUCK BED CAUSE OPERATOR TO BE PUSHED UP AGAINST INSIDE OF CAB OF THE MACHINE.

February 16, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Menoken Rock & Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EE SLIPPED WHILE WORKING ON HOPPER BIN OF ROLBERG SORTING MACHINE. HIT HIS FOOT ON EDGE OF HOOPER BIN. FOOT RECEIVED BAD BRUISE REQUIRING EE TO BE OFF HIS FOOT FOR SEVERAL DAYS. BRUISE BECAM E INFECTED.

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