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November 21, 1995 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER CONVEYOR OF CRUSHER WITH SHOVEL AND HIT CONVEYOR AND KNOCKED SHOVEL AND HAND AGAINST CRUSHER FRAME.

May 10, 1995 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SERVICING DOZER HE PULLED ON HYDRAULIC FILTER IN TANK. THE SUCTION HELD IT AND WHEN IT LET LOOSE IT HIT HIM IN THE MOUTH AND CHIPPED A TOOTH.

February 16, 1995 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE TWISTED WRONG WHILE CHANGING FILTERS ON DOZER.

June 2, 1994 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE TWISTED WRONG WAY WHILE GREASING EQUIPMENT.

November 29, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING BACK UP ON LOADER HE WAS OPERATING AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE MIRROR FRAME HURTING HIS NECK.

October 4, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Materials Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ATTEMPTED TO GUIDE ROLLER BEING EMOVED FROM MILL. CAUGHT HAND (RIGHT) AND FINGERS BETWEEN ROLLER AND METAL HAND RAIL. THIS RESULTED IN A CRUSHING INJURY WITH OPEN FRACTURE OF DISTAL PHALANX OF RIGHT MIDDLE AND RING FINGER.

September 19, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Materials Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE IN FLUID BED DRYER BAGHOUSE HE T URNED AROUND IN BAG H OUS & HIT MOUTH ON METAL BAR

September 8, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Materials Corp · Struck by flying object

LOADING #5 DUST ON TANK TRUCK. THE TANK WAS TOO LOW FOR THE CHUTE CAUSING THE SLEEVE TO SEPERATE FROM THE MAIN CHUTE. #5 DUST WAS DISCHARGE AGAINST THE TOP OF THE TANK SPLASHING DUST INTO EMPL OYEE'S EYES.

October 14, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Materials Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED MUSCLE I3 BACK WHILE CLIMBING LADDER TO UNPLUG A PIPE.

October 9, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Materials Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS MOVING HUB 0OR CAT TRACTOR WHILE STRAIGHTENING UP SUPPLY ROOM FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER-LEFT HUB ALONE,PICKED UP A STARTER WEIGHINH 30 TO 40 LBS.-SHOULDER STARTED HURTING MORE-SA AT AND RESTED B6T IT STARTED HURTING TO BREATHE AND FELT PAIN MOVING DOWN HIS BACK.

August 3, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Materials Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURN OVER A BEAM OF STEEL. THE BEAM SLIPPED AND DROPPED ON HIS FOOT.

January 27, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Materials Corp · Struck by flying object

WORKING ON DUST3ELEVATOR AND PULLED AN OLD PLATE OFF OF THE ELEVATOR.PIECE OF RUSTED METAL FLEW IN EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

January 2, 1987 FL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING ROLLERS IN MAINTENANCE SHOP. WHILE CARRING A ROLLER ABOUT 60 LBS ONE ROLLER BROKE FREE CAUSING THE LOAD TO BECOME OFF BALANCED. EMPLOYEE TWISTED TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THE BALA CE OF THE LOAD 5ND INJURED HIS BACK.

August 7, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5NDING ON FRONT DECK OF PAN INSTALLING HOOD HOOD SLIPPED PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN HOOD & AIR INTAKE

July 30, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Materials Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LOADING 50# BAGS, INJURED FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

February 4, 1986 FL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS GETTING3INTO HAUL UNIT AND HIT HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE RIDGE OF THE DOOR

December 26, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL CLEANING I3SIDE OF COOLER WHEN LIME FELL ON TOP OF HIM GETTING INTO EYES CAUSING THEM TO BURN.

December 2, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE EMPL WAS 2OLDING DIVERTER VALVE TO KILN,TRIPPED SWITCH AND GOT FINGER STUCK IN VALVE.

August 8, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS LIFTING SCREW CONVEYOR SECTION APPARENTLY LIFTED IN AN AWKWARD POSITION AND FELT PAIN IN LEFT SIDE

March 11, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING FAN HOUSING INTO PLACE ON 4600 DRAGLINE AFTER REPLACING BEARINGS AND CLEANING RADIATOR AND PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK

February 25, 1985 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE WORKING IN SHOP SMALL PARTICLE OF FOREIGN MATERIAL GOT INTO EYE

November 13, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A COUNTER WEIGHT SUPPORT BEAM FROM THE HOT ELEVATOR. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING HE COUNTER WEIGHT WHEN SUPPORT BEAM SLIPPED, PINNING FINGER BETWEEN THE COUNTER WEIGHT AND SUPPORT BEAM.

March 22, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Southern Materials Corp · Struck by falling object

LARGE FLYWHEEL SLIPPED OFF SHAFT AND FELL ON TOES OF LEFT FOOT.

March 19, 1984 FL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REMOVING BIT FROM DRILL RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAR AND THE DRILL BIT

June 16, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HELPING HOLD UP FEEDER MOTOR OF PRIMARY CRUSHER.WHEN MOTOR WAS LOWERED,LOWERED ONTO EMPL ROGHT FOOT.

May 24, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING AN OVERHEAD RETURN SCREW WHEN A PIECE OF ROCK FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES BUT ROCK CAME OVER THE TOP OF THE GLASSES. SURGERY WAS REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE PIECE OF ROCK FROM EMPLOYEE\S EYE.

April 22, 1983 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dixie Lime & Stone Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

H SCREEN. THE COMBINATION OF QUICKLIME AND SWEAT CAUSED ATHE LIME BURNS UNDER HIS ARMS AND IN THE GROIN AREA.

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