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February 16, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS SHOV9LING DIRT ON TOP OF HIGHWALL WHEN I FELT SOMETHING PULL.I DIDN'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION AT FIRST BUT EACH DAY IT GOT A LITTLE BIT WORSE.

November 17, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME LIFTING 1IECE OF STONE ONTO CONVEYOR WHEN HE CAUGHT RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN STONE AND ONVEYOR.STONE WAS 36'' X 12'' X 3'' WEIGHED 100 LBS.

June 17, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELIN1 SCRAP ROCK INTO THE DUMP BOX WHEN HE TWISTED HIS BACK DISLOCATING HIS BACK VIRTABAES.

May 13, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal hoistman, hoist operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE PICKI3G UP OLD TRUCK TIRES AND LAYING THEM ON TOP OF THE TURNTABLE AS HE BENT OVER TO HELP PICK ONE UP HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK

April 11, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

THEY WERE MOVIN1 A DERRICK AND HE WAS LOWERING HIMSELF DOWN INTO THE PIT WHEN H E SCAPED HIS LEG ON THE LEDGE.

March 25, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING 2 X 4 U3DER PIECE OF JUNK STONE WHEN BAILS SLIPPED AND STONE BROKE.STONE CAME DOWN ON 2 X 4 AND IT CAUGHT HIS LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE.

March 20, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I.NAME, I.NAME 3 I.NAME WERE LIFTING A BIG DOOR OPEN IN FRONT OF THE MILL WHEN HE FELT SOMETHINGPULL IN HIS LEFT RIB CAGE

August 29, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A MILL SAW CART HAD BEEN LOADED WITH TWO BLOCKS OF STONE. HE WAS IN A STOOPED POSITION PLACING WEDGES UNDER ONE OF THE BLOCKS TO LEVEL IT. WHILE IN THIS POSITION, A PIECE OF STONE FELL FROM TH E CORNER OF THE BLOCK, STRUCK THE SAW CART, AND PITCHED FORWARD AND HIT HIM, THE STONE GRAZED HIS BACK AND FELL ON HIS LEGS AND THEN ROLLED ONTO THE GROUND. HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND BY TH

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