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June 30, 1999 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING MUD OUT OF SCREENS. THE CLEANING PLANT WAS RUNNING. A BOLT FELL ONTO CATWALK. WHEN EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER TO PICK UP BOLT, HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF. WHEN HE RAISED UP, HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE EDGE OF A STEEL PLATE.

May 7, 1996 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

DRIVING END DUMP HIT A BUMP AND JARRED BACK.

January 24, 1996 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING MOVING CONVEYOR BELT WITH SHOVEL SHOVEL CAUGHT ON FASTENER AND HIT EE CUT ON CHIN AND CRACKED 12 TEETH ALL SAVED AND CROWNED BY DENTIST.

January 3, 1996 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEARING CRUSHER JAM PULLED LEFT THIGH MUSCLE.

April 5, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LOADING METAL STAND IN TRUCK BED--MASHED LITTLE FINGER.

July 7, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEARING CRUSHER JAM HIT BY T RAMP METAL EJECT ED BY JAW

January 1, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADING SHOT ROCK AT THE BASE OF HIGHWALL WITH FRONT END LOADER. JOLTED WHEN BUCKET HIT A LEDGE HIDDEN BY MATERIAL BEING LOADED. RUPTURED DISC IN LOWER BACK.

August 28, 1990 AR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Rock Products Inc · Contact with heat

HELPING CLEAR A CRUSHER JAM & WAS OVERCOME BY HEAD EXHAUSTION

March 14, 1985 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Francis Material Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL FINISHED CLEANING OUT HOPPER ON 4\ X 8\ SCREEN AND WAS CLIMBING OUT AND STRUCK FOREHEAD ON CORNER OF STEEL.

January 16, 1985 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
St Francis Material Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL CLEANING UP AROUND CRUSHER AND WIND BLEW SOMETHING IN EMPL EYE.

October 24, 1983 AR · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
St Francis Material Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BATTERY IN 980 CAT LOADER. HE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT BATTERY WITHOUT ADDITIONAL HELP AND STRAINED BACK

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