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October 14, 1999 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A FIVE GALLON CAN OF OIL FROM THE TOP OF A 55 GALLON DRUM AND SUSTAINED AN UMBILICAL HERNIA.

August 27, 1999 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS AT THE TOP OF A BRUSH PILE,LOST HIS FOOTING GRABBED HOLD OF A BRANCH TO STEADY HIMSELF & GOT A THORN EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER EE WENT TO ER OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE FINGER BECAME INFECTED. WORKED 2 DAYS 8/30 &8/31 THEN WENT TO DR AGAIN ON 9/1 TO HAVE FINGER CUT OPEN & INFECTION/ABSCESS DRAINED. DR RESTRICTED USE OF HIS RIGHT HAND & NOT TRUCK DRIVING CO SENT EE

August 12, 1998 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TURNED WRONG WAY AND PULLED HIS LOWER BACK, CAUSING EXTREME PAIN, ALMOST UNABLE TO WALK.

July 2, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING NOZZLE ON A SANDBLASTER. WHEN THE NOZZLE BECAME LOOSE IT SHATTERED CUTTING EE'S LOOSE RIGHT PINKY FINGER. STITCHES.

January 26, 1998 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BULL GEAR COVER ON THE CRANE. HE LOST HIS GRIP WITH HIS LEFT HAND WHICH CAUSED THE WEIGHT OF THE COVER TO SHIFT CATCHING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE COVER AND GE AR. HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT INDEXFINGER WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

November 11, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Aggregates Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE CAUSED A STRAINED BACK.

October 8, 1997 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE STRAINED BACK LIFTING HAMMER TIPS. DID NOT REPORT TO SUPERVISIOR. ON 10/9/97, EE STRAINED BACK WHILE HELPING CHANGE SCREENS ON DEAD SCALPER.

August 1, 1997 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CRAWLING INSIDE OF A KILN AND ACCIDENTLY BENT OVER HITTING HIS HEAD ON A STEEL BEAM.

May 8, 1997 NC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Aggregates Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SCREEN PANELS WHICH WERE SECURED; SCREEN PANELS FELL KNOCKING HIS HARD HAT OFF AND STRIKING HIS HEAD MAKING A SMALL LACERATION REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.

April 28, 1997 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREENS IN EL JAY SCREENING PLANT. SLIDING SCREEN OVER HAND RAILS. SCREEN SLIPPED AND CAUGHT EMPS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

September 18, 1996 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO MOVE A BULKHEAD IN A RAILCAR WHEN IT SWUNG FREE AND CAUGHT HIS FOOT UNDER THE DOOR.

September 18, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Materials Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A BREAKER PLATE FROM THE WORK PLATFORM WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PININ HIS RIGHT ARM. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON FOR PO SSIBLE TORN BICEP MUSCLE.

November 7, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING WIRE PENETRATED SIDE OF LEFT THUMB.

June 23, 1995 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HELPING ON DRILL & HELPING LIFT PARTS STRAINED HIS BACK

March 30, 1995 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE FUELING HAUL UNIT, THE HOSE SLIPPED IN HIS HAND AND THE NOZZLE STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT.

March 3, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LAYING PALLETS WEIGHING APPROX 70 LBS EACH ON A TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS UPPER RIGHT CHEST AREA.

September 26, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck against stationary object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS THROWING TRASH OUT, HIS THUMB CAME IN CONTACT WITH A DOOR AWNING RESULTING IN A LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

July 26, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO STAND UP A SEGMENT CHUTE DOOR APPROX. 1' X 2'. AS HE PUSHED THE DOOR UP WITH HIS LEFT HAND, IT SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSIGN A LACEARTION TO THE MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES.

July 6, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A BAG OF CEMENT WEIGHING APPROX 75 POUNDS & TWISTED TO THE RT TO MOVE IT AT THIS MOMENT A STRAINED LOWER BACK OCCURRED

June 7, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING CEMENT BAGS ON FLAT BED TRUCK WHEN HE HEARD A POP IN HIS WRIST THIS WAS THE SECOND DAY HE WAS PACKING & HAD COMPLAINED OF SORENESS IN HIS WRIST

April 4, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED A SAMPLE BAG OF CEMENT OFF THE LOADING DOCK & TURNED TO LOAD IT INTO A PICKUP TRUCK. AT THAT POINT, THE EMPLOYEE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

March 13, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE IS SHIFT FOREMAN. HE WAS TRYING TO LOCATE THE SOURCE OF A PLUG IN THE KILN FEED BYPASS AND OPENED A HATCH ABOVE THE PLUGGE UP AREA. HOT SILN FEED EXITED THE HATCH. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINE D FLARE BURNS TO FACE. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING A SILVER FIRE SUIT AND HOOD FOR PROTECITON. HE SHOULD HAVE LOCKED SPLITTER CLOSED AND INSPECTED DUMPIGN VALVE.

February 3, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A ROUND A PIECE OF STEEL ON EDGE TO AN EMPTY PALLET WHEN THE 550 LBS SEAL HE WAS MOVING FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

January 28, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lehigh Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON A FLOOR WORKING ON AN ELECTRICAL CABINET. TWISTING MOVEMENT CAUSED PAIN IN HIS BACK.

November 19, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMVOING LUMPS FROM THE SCREEN ON #3 SCALE. LAYED HIS HAND ON FORKS & WHEN HOPPER TIPPED BACK CAUGHT 4TH & 5TH FINGER RT. HAND. TIPS OF BONES AREA SMASHED. RECEIVED DOCTORS NOTES ON 11/22/93.

November 18, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE HURT THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND LEFT SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING APRTS FOR THE 7400 DRAGLIEN BUCKET. WENT TO CHIRO. 12-1-93 RECEIVED DR NOTES ON 12-13-93.

November 13, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING SCRAP ON 3RD FLOOR OF MILL BUILDING AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 11-14-93.

November 1, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE DROPPED SEGMENT OF WHEEL(FOOT) ON FOOT WHILE REMOVING FROM A PALLET WAS NOT AWARE THE SEGMENT ON THE PALLET WITH THE FOOT WHEEL

October 22, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE RIM OF THE #2 CEMENT COOLER TO SEE IF THERE WAS A WATER LEAK AND CUT LEFT PALM ON A PIECE OF SHARP METAL ON THE EDGE OF THE COOLER. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING GLOVES TO PREVENT THIS ACCIDENT.

October 8, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING 120# KEG WITH BARE HANDS ANDCUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON A TAB ON THE LID. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN WEARING GLOVES.

September 24, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS GROIN WHILE HELPING TO LIFT THE RAW DEPARTMENT MOTOR HAS BEEN OFF SINCE 10-01-93

September 13, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING REPAIR DUMPING VALVES IN A CONFINED AREA WHERE THERE WAS LOW CLEARANCE FOR A 6 FOOT PERSON AND HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A BEAM CAUSING A SORE NECK. (EMPLOYEE REQUIRED TO MEDI CAL TREATMENTS FOR THIS PROBLEM.)

August 31, 1993 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TRUCK DOOR SWUNG BACK SQUEEZING NECK SOM--AT THAT TIME EE SAID HE DIDN'T FEEL INJURED, AND DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. TWO MONTHS LATER INFORMED SUPERVISOR OF NECK DISCOMFORT AND HEADACH E. SENT TO THE MEDICAL DOCTOR. TESTS SHOWED NO SPINAL DAMAGE ON X-RAYS. CHIROPRACTOR RECOMMENDS SEVERAL DAYS REST AND CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS.

August 17, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

AS EMPLOYEE LIFTED FARVAL CANS, HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK. RECEIVED OFF DUTY SLIP FROM DOCTOR 10/15/93.

August 9, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAINED UPPER BACK & NECK WHILE TAKING A STEP OFF OF #3 KILN WENT TO DOC ON 08-10-93 SPINAL MANIUPLATION PHYSIOTHERAPY & MASSAGE

August 3, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Aggregates Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE ASSUMED HE SPRAINED BACK WHILE THROWING ROCKS FROM 1500 CONE CRUSHER PLATFORM.

June 24, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING & PULLING BEARING HOUSING & COMPRESSOR & STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 21, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WHILE DUMPING TRASH BARRELS INTO A DUMPSTER CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND ON THE ROUGH EDGE OF THE BARRELL. STITCHES WERE RREQUIRED. EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK WITH NO RESTR ICTIONS.

June 17, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS BRICK RELINING #2 KILN, BRICK FELL ON RIGHT HAND AND BROKE RING FINGER.

June 4, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING AN OXYGEN TANK ON A TRUCK WHEN THE TANK NEXT TO IT FELL AGAINST THE EMPLOYEES HAND CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE FIFTH METACARPAL OF THE RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE GOT HAND CAUGHT I N PINCH POINT CAUSING FRACTURE.

May 6, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SPRAINED HIS RT SHOULDER WHEN LIFTING 50LB BAGS OF ANFO WENT TO DOC ON 05-12-93 FIRST DAY OF LOSS TIME WAS 05-25-93

March 31, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE FEED END WHEN HE DROPPED A BAG OF CEMENT ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

February 22, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EE SLIPPED ON SLOPE OF SECONDARY AIR DUCT WHILE CHECKING SWIRL AND AXIAL COAL PIPE PRESSURES AND DISLOCATED LEFT INDEX FINGER. A PLATFORM SHOULD BE NSTALLED IN THIS AREA TO CORRECT ANY FURTHUR ER SLIPS.

February 10, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED MID BACK MUSCLES WHILE LIFTING LARGE CIRCUIT BREAKER IN #2 ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION. LIMITED WORKING SPACE PREVENTED PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE. COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ASKED FOR ADDI TIONAL HELP.

February 1, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING ON STOP BLOCKS FOR KILN PIER TIRE WHEN HE RAISED UP AND HIT HARD HAT ON KILN CAUSING SORE NECK. SHOULD HAVE STEPPED BACK BEFORE RAISING UP. REQUIRED TWO CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS.

January 24, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MAKING STEPS AND NEEDED SOME GRATING MATERIAL. HE PICKED UP A PIECE OF GRATING THAT WAS APPROX. 32" X 8' AND PLACED IT ON THE WELDING TABLE. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT MIDDLE BACK. THIS IS BEING REPORTED BECAUSE HE HAD 4 DAYS RESTRICTED DUTY. HE SHOULD HAVE USED THE OVERHEAD CRANE TO ASSIST IN MOVING MATERIAL.

January 11, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Medusa-Crescent Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING BIG LADDER, FELL OFF HAND RAIL BY CRANE, TRYED TO CATCH IT AND HURT BACK ON LEFT SIDE.

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