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May 22, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PLASTIC PIPE WITH A HACKSAW.THE SAW SLIPPED CUTTING THIRD FINGER ONN LEFT HAND REQUIRING FIVE STITCHES.

April 10, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING FEED IN SHUTE WHEN HE HEARD ALARM GO OFF ON THE DRYER HE TURNED TO GO DOWN TO THE DRYER & RAN HIS HEAD INTO BOTTOM OF RECYCLE SCREW CAUSING A NECK INJURY

April 6, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PLACES BAGS ON A FILLING SPOUT.

January 28, 1992 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Fall down stairs

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND SLIPPED ON ICE CAUSING A BACK INJURY.

August 26, 1991 VT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DOCTOR STATED IMPROPER HEIGHT OF CHAIR AND WORK AREA HAS CAUSED A LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS.

July 7, 1991 VT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING GAS TANKS ON PUMPS. GAS HIT MANIFOLD CAUSING FIRE AND EXPLOSION.

February 4, 1991 VT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Fall from machine

DRIVER WAS TARPING LOAD ON TRUCK WHEN HE FELL OFF LOAD & ONTO GROUND.

September 21, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER FLAP WHICH HAD FIBER IN IT THAT CUAGHT ON BLADE PULLING HAND TOWARD THE BLADE RESULTIN GIN THE CUTTING OF HIS RIGHT HAND FINGE.R

August 16, 1990 VT · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DR STATES DUE TO USE OF HANDS PERFORMING CLERICAL DUTIES REPETITIVELY. TENDONITIS HAS OCCURRED AS RESULT.

December 22, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER CAUSED A RECURRANCE OF AN OLD INJURY (01/89).

December 4, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE STRETCHED TO PLACE A 50# BAG OF TALC FROM THE CONVEYOR TO A PALLET; HE STRETCHED TOO FAR AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS CHEST.

May 31, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INDIVIDUAL WAS CUTTING GALVANITED STEEL W/TORCH-INHALED FUMES AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME ILL-THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTED TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WAS REFERRED TO A DOCTOR. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. P ERMISSION WAS GIVEN TO RETURN TO WORK ON JUNE 2,1989.

January 17, 1989 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIE TO BE WELDED BY ANOTHER MAINTENANCE TECH WHEN HE TWISTED INJURING HIS NECK AND SHOULDER.

November 24, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker MACHINERY
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING DOWN BIG FILTER SYSTEM WHEN A PIECE OF RUST SCALE BOUNCED BACK AND WENT INTO HIS EYE.

November 16, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE PARTS ROOM TO GET TO THE LAB AND IN THE PROCESS FELL ON A BOX SITTING IN THE PARTS ROOM.

September 7, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS DIGGING OUT AN ELEVATOR PIT WITH A SHOVEL MAN TWISTED TO TOSS MATERIAL AND PULLED LOWER BACK MUSCLE

June 10, 1988 VT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Green Mountain Talc Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING ROCK ROM THE BUCKET ELEVATOR AND AS HE WAS LEAVING THE AREA HE STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE BUCKET.

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