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WAS LIFTING 2-15/16 BEARING UP ONTO A SHELF, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FALLING ONTO THE RIGHT FOOT, BEHIND STEEL TOE BOOTS HE WAS WEARING.MR. PEPON IS AN OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR-INDEPENDENT.
April 1, 1996OH · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PRYING SCREEN WITH A SIDE PLATE, WHEN THE SCREEN MOVED THE SIDE PLATE CAME UNDER CHIN CUTTING NECK.
December 7, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED WAS HELPING DIG OUT CRUSHER BY GRABBING ROCK'S OUT SIDE DOOR. EMPLOYEES INSIDE CRUSHER WERE THROWING ROCKS OUT THE DOOR. INJURED STUCK HIS HEAD INTO CRUSHER & WAS STRUCK BY A ROCK.
May 15, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE CHANGING HAMMERS IN CRUSHER #4 A WEDGE THAT HOLDS THE ROTOR FROM TURNING CAME LOOSE & LET THE ROTOR TURN, CAUSING THE HAMMER TO STRIKE RIGHT KNEE.
September 21, 1993OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BOXES ON TOP SHELF IN STORAGE ROOM SHE REACHED UP & AROUND A BOX & CUT HER FINGER ON THE METAL SHELF SHE TREATED IT ON THE SAME DAY BUT IT GOT INFECTED SO SHE HAD TO GO TO THE DOC & HAVE IT TREATED
October 1, 1991OH · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A SMALL SHANTY INTO #6 MILL. WHILE PUTTING IT UP ON THE DOCK IT STARTED TO TIP AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO STOP SAME AND GOT KNOCKED OFF FROM THE DOCK. HE FELL APPROX. 4' A ND STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE. HE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR AT THIS TIME. AS TIME WENT BY, HIS KNEE STARTED TO HURT MORE AND MORE AND HE FINALLY WENT TO DOCTOR ON 11-12-91. DOCTOR SAID HE MAY HAVE A CRA
September 12, 1991PA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PULLING SUCTION3PIPE OUT OF WATER ON PUMP AT 7X QUARRY, AS I WAS LIFTING PIPE I FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH RIGHT SIDE. DID NOT BOTHER TO MUCK AT FIRST, THEN STARTED TO HURT WENT TO DR ON1-7-88. ABDO4INAL WALL STRAIN.
December 16, 1987PA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE REMOVING 3NSIDE RING ON 5" WIFLEG PUMP, WEIGHT 60 LBS, RING SLIPPED OFF COLLAR, PINCHING MAN'S MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND AGAINST SHAFT OF PUMP.
August 18, 1987OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS HELPING TO 6LOCK UP LARGE STONE BLOCK TO GET SLINGS OUT WHILE THROWING A PIECE OF STONE UNDER BLOCK I HIT MY THUMB AGAINST THE STONE BLOCK BREAKING MY THUMB
September 12, 1986OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS SETTING STO3E SLAB ON ROLLERS OF BREAKING MACHINE. WHEN REMOVING HOOKS, OPERATOR REMOVED HIS HOOK AND MOVED STONE AS HE WAS REMOVING HI HOOK AND HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN STONE AND HOOK.
EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING V-BELTS AND MOTORS, USING A HYDRAULIC JACK AND A 4X4 PLANK. IN DOING THIS, THE 4X4 PLANK SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD, INJURING HIS NECK AND RIGHT SHOULD ER. 3
September 16, 1985IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TAKEN FROM C-3 FORM I PULLED A MUSCLE IN MY LOWER BACK HOW I WAS ON A TRUCK & I PULLED A HOOK OUT OF A HOOKHOLE WHICH WAS IN A STONE THEN I FELT MY BACK MUSCLE PULL SIZE OF HOOK WAS A PPROX ONE FOOT LONG & CURVES DOWN TO APPROX NINE INCHES WEIGHT BETWEEN 25 & 35 POUNDS LIFTED HOOK APPROX ONE FOOT HIGH
December 17, 1984OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS CLIMBING ABOUT 80\ (FEET) IN THE AIR, TO PUT OIL ON PULLEY\S AT TOP OF DERRICK, AT NUMBER SEVEN (7) X QUARRY HOLE. WHEN WAS AT T OP OF DERRICK, MY LEFT SHOULDER, RIGHT AND LEFT LEG, AND B ACK STARTED HURTING.
December 9, 1984NV · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
LIFTING A LARGE ROCK OUT OF JAW CRUSHER, IT SLIPPED, SMASHING HIS RIGHT THUMB.
September 11, 1984WV · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE INJURED WAS REMOVING V-BELTS FROM A DREDGE ENGINE WITHOUT USING THE PROPER TOOLS HE TRIED TO PULL THE BELTS OFF INSTEAD OF LOOSENING THE ADJUSTING BOLTS T O REMOVE THE BELTS THE PRELIMINAR Y REPORT IS A HERNIA ON RIGHT SIDE OF GROIN
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