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March 17, 1994 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS #3 DRY SCREEN WRENCH SLIPPED BRUISED THUMB AND RIGHT HAND SOME LACERATION AND NUMBNESS.

August 21, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIGGING OUT STONE CHUTE THAT HAD STOPPED UP WITH DAMP MATERIALS.

June 9, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL SHEAVE OFF CONE CRUSHER MOTOR, HYDRAULIC RAM LEAKED OFF CRIBBING BLOKC FELL OUT & MASHED RING FINGER LEFT HAND.

May 11, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall from machine

HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF LADDER OF R-35 EUCLID AS HE CLIMBED UP LADDER TO GET IN TRUCK PULLING HIS BACK AS HE SLIPPED.

April 26, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING EMPTY RAILROAD CARS TO TIPPLE TO BE LOADED. AS HE STEPED UP ON ONE TO RELEASE BRAKE HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND ON RIGHT SIDE.

April 22, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING RAILROAD CARS. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FOUR FOOT BAR TO CLOSE DOORS AND STRUCK DOOR TO LOOSEN REMAINING COAL DUST. A SMALL PIECE OF RUST APPARENTLY FLEW OFF THE DOOR AND S TRUCK HIM IN HI RIGHT EYE.

April 21, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING AN R-35 HAUL TRUCK AT END OF SHIFT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHEN HE STEPPED OF LADDER TO THE GROUND.

January 14, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Acme Limestone Company · Flash burns (electric)

EMPLOYEE PULLED ENERGIZED DISCONNETS TO PRIMARY CRUSHER BECAUSE DRUM CONTROL STARTER WAS ON FIRE.

September 30, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FELL OVER METAL PILED ALONG ROADWAY.

August 22, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING FROM DROPPING OUT LOADED RAILROAD CARS AND STOPPED AT TIPPLE LOADING AREA FOR A BRINK OF WATER BEFORE CONTINUING ON TO THE BROKE GREEN LOADING AREA. WHILE COMING DOWN ST EPS FROM TIPPLE, EMPLOYEE APPANTLY SLIPPED AND INJURED RIGHT LEG.

May 12, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LARGE PIECE OF METAL AND CAUGHT AND MASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

March 24, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by powered moving object

MOVING KEG PULLED L SHOULDER

March 12, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HITTING STONE CHUTE WITH HAMMER THE CHUTS WAS STOPPED UP WITH DAMP STONE WOULD NOT FLOW

February 25, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT DRAG PIT A ROCK FROM ABOVE FELL STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT HAND.

January 29, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Struck against stationary object

OPENING WATER VALVE AT TIPPLE AND STRUCK R ARM ON VALVE STEM ABOVE BELOW

December 2, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED & FELL GOING UNDER PLANT.

November 8, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS CLEANING RAIROAD CARS AND SLIPPED WHILE WORKING INSIDE CAR AND STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW ON CAR.

October 30, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING BEARING CAP UP STEPS TO CAL JAW FELT STINGING PAIN IN RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE.

October 30, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL AROUND A SCREEN.

September 26, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING LADDER TO ENTER OPERATOR STATION ON 980 CAT LOADER WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER & APPENTINLY PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SHOULDER & ARM

August 19, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Acme Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING HAMMERS IT TURNED AND DRAGGED LEG IN BETWEEN HAMMER AND BARS

August 8, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER, TRYING TO DRIVE SPROCKET ON SHAFT. MASHED THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

July 27, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

HELPING SET R R CARS THREW SWITCH, PULLED MUSCLE IN R SIDE AND BACK

July 2, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE IN AGGREGATE MILL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK AND NECK.

May 28, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF OF 988B CATERPILLAR LOADER & SLIPPED & HIT RT ELBOW ON LOADER STEPS

May 1, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE RAIL RAOD CAR CLEANING OUT COAL AND SLIPPED. EMPLOYEE GRABBED THE SIDE OF THE CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

January 8, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL CLEANING COAL FROM INSIDE RR CAR,LOST FOOTING SLIPPED TO BOTTOM OF THE CAR AND INJURED HIS BACK.

October 23, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A DOOR ON A RAILROAD CAR AFTER CLEANING IT AND THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

October 15, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNSTOP AN AGGREGATE CHUTE BY STRIKING IT WITH A WRENCH AND HIT HIS FINGER.

September 20, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR ON A RAILROAD CAR AFTER CLEANING IT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

March 2, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS CLOSING HOPPER DOOR ON CSXT 803298 THE IRON BAR THAT WAS BEING USED TO CLOSE DOOR SLIPPED WHEN PRESSURE WAS BEING APPLIED WITH MANUAL FOCRCE CAUSING EE TO FALL AND TWIST RIGHT LEG AND A NKLE HIS FOOT ACCORDING TO HIM WAS ALMOST TWISTEBACKWARD.

September 14, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TOOL TRAY APPROX 35 # FROM SHED TO LOZDING CONVEYOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 300 SOME OF WHICH IS DOWN GRADE HE NOTICED SOME PAIN IN LOWER PORTION OF BACK BUT DIDNT THIN K IT OF ANY CONCERN AT TIME HOWEVER THE FOLLOWING DAY COULD HARDLY GET UP WITHOUT SEVERE PAIN

July 10, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall from machine

I,NAME WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL WITH CURTIS RICHMOND, HE WASN'T SURE SOMEWHAT CONFUSED. I,NAME ANSEWERED HIS QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM BY SAYING HE DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE, HE HAD JUST SORT OF BLACKED OUT, HE HAD BLOOD ON HIS NOSE SO HAD APPARENTLY FELL, POSSIBLY OFF OF THE 988 LOADER.

May 22, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING BED ON #29 TRUCK HE WAS CUTTING TOP RAIL LOOSE ON BED WITH TORCH WHEN HE CUT THROUGH THE METAL IT SPRANG BACK & HIT HIM ON THE NOSE

April 17, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) FIRE
Acme Limestone Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE USING CUTTING TORCH, PIECE OF METAL WENT DOWN INTO HIS SHOE AND BURNT HIS FOOT. SOCK CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNT LARGE AREA OF HIS FOOT.

March 2, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall from machine

FELL OF #2 DRY SCREEN WHILE REPIARING IT.

February 15, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED POUND AGGERAGATE SAMPLE TO EYE LEVEL AND DEVLOPED NECK PAIN, HEADACHE AND NOSEBLEED.

August 8, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PICE OF METAL OUT OF A CRUSHER.

June 3, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Acme Limestone Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS

May 4, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEES HAND WHILE WORKING ON EQUIPMENT

February 4, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Acme Limestone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HIT HIS BACK ON A BOLT WHILE CRAWLING UNDER A SCREEN IN A SHAFT

August 21, 1987 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Limestone Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE CLEANING 9AILROAD CARS, SLIPPED. CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH LEFT ARM, RESULTING IN BROKEN LEFT WRIST AND BRUISED RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.

August 13, 1986 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STOOPED OVER TO3PICK UP SHOVEL - SHARP PAIN IN LOWER CENTER BACK

July 3, 1986 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH SLIPPED 2FF BOLT AND HIT ELBOW

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