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November 24, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REPORTS THAT HE IS SUFFERING FROM CARPAL TUNNEL IN BOTH HANDS FROM REPEATED USE OF HAND TOOLS.

September 15, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING INGERSOL RAND JACK HAMMER WHILE HOLDING HOLES IN BOLTERS. WHILE DOING SO HE FELTBACK PAIN

August 4, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE COULD NOT RECALL DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT. THE LAST THING SHE RECALLS IS PREPARING A SAMPLE FOR GRADATION IN THE LAB. INJURY IS CONSISTENT OF A FALL.

January 23, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON THE DIFFERENTIAL OF A MICHIGAN LOADER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND LITTLE FINGER WITH A HAMMER.

September 5, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Warner Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CUTTING BOLTS WITH A TORCH FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF A TRUCK. A HOT BOLT FELL ONTO HIS SLEAVE, BURNING THE EE'S RIGHT ARM & BACK.

September 2, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING INTO A CRANE, WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER, LANDING ON HIS LEFT KNEE.

July 9, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE RUPTURED HIS RIGHT RING FINGER TENDON WHILE REACHING FOR A TOOL.

April 14, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LIFTING PULLEY SHAFT & COUPLER FROM A CRANE. AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN. HE SAW THE CO MD ON 4/18/97 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RIGHT GROIN HERNIA

March 21, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warner Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS REMOVING BOLT FROM A TRANSMISSION HOUSING. THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING AS AN EXTENSION SLIPPED. HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE FUEL TANK. HE CUT HIS LEFT EYEBROW AND REQUIRED 4 STITCHES.

March 5, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Warner Company · Struck against a moving object

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR COMPLAINS OF LOW BACK PAIN.

May 24, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING CLAY FROM A CONVEYOR BELT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

April 11, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING A CUSTOMER CLEAR MATERIAL FROM THE BED OF HIS DUMP TRUCK. EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER GOT PINCHED BY THE REAR DOOR OF THE TRUCK BED. THIS CAUSED A LACERATION TO THE TOP MIDDLE FINGER WHICH REQUIRED APPROX 6 STITCHES.

March 8, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING MOTOR OUT OF WAREHOUSE AND WAS PULLING MOTOR ACROSS FLOOR. MOTOT HIT CRACK IN FLOOR AND CAUSED EMP TO JERK BACK AND FORTH STRAINING BACK.

November 9, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN BOTH WRISTS. POSSIBLE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

September 14, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EES WERE REMOVING A BUCKET PIN FROM A LOADER. THE EE WAS SWINGING THE SLEDGE WHILE THE INJURED EE HELD A B & O HAMMER ON THE PIN. A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF AND CAUSED A LACERATION TO EE'S RIGHT EAR.

May 23, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS REPORTING TO WORK & MISSED TOP STEP AT TIME CLOCK LOST HIS BALANCE IS FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER HIM & LANDED WITH HIS BACK ON THE THIRD STEP HE WAS HOLDING THE HANDRAIL & TRIED TO BREAK THE FALL HE SUSTAINED A MUSCLE SPASM OF THE LOWER BACK

May 18, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A RAZOR KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED STRIKING HIS RT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE HE REQUIRED STITCHES

May 9, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Warner Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN DUSTY ENVIRONMENT UNDER VERY WIND CONDITIONS, WHEN WIND BLEW DUST IN LEFT EYE AND THE DEBRIS IRRITATED BEHIND BOTTOM EYE LID.

April 12, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLIMBING UP THE LADDER TO OPERATE A 50 TON DUMP THE EE PULLED A RIB MUSCLE THE INJURY OCCURED ON 4-12-94 BUT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 4-18-94.

March 28, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warner Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT IN WAREHOUSE. DIRT GOT UNDER PROTECTIVE GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE.

January 19, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

7EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM OFFICE TO SHOP. SLIPPEDON ICE, FELL AND BRUISED LEFT KIDNEY.

December 6, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM THE 150B CRANE. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT HE SLIPPED OFF THE TRACKS & LANDED ON HIS BACK. DIAGNOSIS WAS A SPRAIN/STRAIN TO HIS LOWER BACK.

November 24, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
John T Dyer Quarry Company-Div/Warner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ATTEPTING TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK WHICH WAS LODGED IN CRUSHER OPENING. FOLLOWING PAST PRACTICE, A HOOK WAS LOWERED BY CRANE INTO CRUSHER WITH IDEA OF HOOKING ROCK AND BY LIFTING, WOULD R OLL ROCK INTO POSITION THAT IT WOULD FALL INTO CRUSHER AND BE CRUSHED. HOOK SLIPPED FROM ROCK WHILE BEING LIFTED BY CRANE, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT ARM ABOVE THE WRIST.

November 11, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WALKING UNDER PEBBLE LOADER BELT SLIPPED ON WET LIME ON CONCRETE AND BUMPED RIGHT FOOT HEEL OF FOOT ON CURB.

November 10, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RATCHETING COME-A-LONG AND FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

October 11, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING CONTAINER OF ANTI FREEZE INTO LOADER, STRAINED LOWER BACK.

July 14, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warner Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK BLOCKAGE LOOSE IN DUST TRANSFER TANK. PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN SLEDGEHAMMER AND SIDE OF TANK. WORKING IN CLOSE QUARTERS.

June 27, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS USING LEFT ARM RAISING LEVEL FOR PUMPING TRUCK BED.

June 21, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AT END OF SHIFT EMPLOYEE PULLLED HOODED SWEATSHIRT OVER HIS HEAD DISLODGING LOOSE LIME DUST WHICH FELL IN HIS EYES.

May 26, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING & HANDING SCREEN TO COWORKER AS HE LIFTED & TURNED HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS LOWER BACK

April 19, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Fall from machine

EE WAS ON 235 CAT WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF TRACK ONTO GROUND TWISTING LEFT KNEE LIGAMENT DAMAGE.

March 26, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Warner Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL OFF CATWALK REMOVING BUILDUP FROM BOARD UNDER BELT WHEN SHOVEL CAUGHT BELT JAMMING LEFT THUMB AGAINST FRAME WORK.

March 23, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HOISTING MOTOR TO SECOND FLOOR AT SUPER HYDRATE-HE HAD TO PUSH/PULL TO GET MOTOR OVER RAILING.

March 15, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Fall down stairs

EE WAS LEAVING MANAGERS TRAILER AND SLIPPED ON THE ICE. HE FELL DOWN 3 STEPS INJURING HIS LEFT THIGH.

February 24, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Warner Company · Fall from machine

WORK BASKET WAS PICKED UP A W FORKLIFT JOB WAS COMPLETED EE WAS BEING LOWERED THEN BASKET HUNG ON THE LOADER SOCK AND WAS PULLED OFF THE FORKS CAUSING THE BASKET AND EE TO FALL TO GROUND.

February 17, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON SCREEN BOX. WHILE STEPPING OFF BOX ON TO THE GROUND HE SLIPPED ON THE GRAVEL. EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT HE BRUISED HIS FOOT ON 2/17/93. HE DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL ATTENT ION UNTIL 3/10/93.

February 9, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING LARGE JACK HAMMER IN #2 ROTARY KILN TO REMOVE CASTABLE AND CLIPS. REPORTS PAIN IN LEFT ELBOW BACK AND CHEST.

February 4, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warner Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE SCREENING PLANT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ABOVE HIM A PRY BAR SLIPPED FROM THE EMPLOYEE ON TOP & HT THE EMPLYEE BELOW IN THE UPPER LIP BAR CUT THE UPPER LIP & RE QUIRED 4 SUTURES

January 25, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING OFF LADDER-TURNED TO WALK. TO TUDE MILL, TWISTED ANKLE ON FROZEN UNEVEN LIME FALLING ON RIGHT ANKLE.

January 25, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Warner Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS HOLDING WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS AT 3 COAL MILL HE USED A HAMMER TO HELP BREAK LOOSE THE BOLTS THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND PINCHED HIS TINGER BETWEEN WRENCH AND COAL MILL.

December 22, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLIPPED ON VET LIME-PUTTING STRAIN ON LEFT KNEE PREVIOUSLY INJURED. HE WAS WALKING TO REAR OF TRAILER TO LOWER DOLLY WHEELS.

December 1, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING DOWN ON GRATING TO CHECK A BEARING ON PALLET AND WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT HIS KNEE POP. SURGERY IS REQUIRED.

November 11, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE AN OIL CONTAINMENT TANK. THE WALL OF THE TANK WAS APPROX. 4 1/2 FT WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF THE TANK THE EMPLOYEE HIT HIS EBLOW ON A HOOK THAT HOLDFS AN AIR LINE. THE INJURY OCCURRED ON 11/11/92. MEDICAL TREATMTNET WAS NOT REQUESTED UNTIL 12-9-92.

November 11, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Warner Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS CARRYING A GEAR BOX STRAINED NECK, SHOULDER, BACK.

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