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1983–2026
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April 26, 1993 NC · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUTTING BELT ON PULLEY THAT RUNDS CONVEYOR AND IT SLIPPED TEARING SKIN OFF OF END OF RIGHT THUMB. TREATED AT MAPLE HILL MEDICAL CLINIC. CLEANED, BANDAGED, AND PRESCRIBED E MYCIN FOR INFECTION AND TYNOL III FOR PAIN.

September 25, 1990 NC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPL WORKING ON SHAFT BEING HELD IN VISE.TOOK THE PART AND TURNED IT AROUND TO WORK ON IT AND IT SLIPPED & FELL..EMPL CAUGHT IT SMASHING END OF MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND.AT HOSPITAL,DR FOUND BONE WAS CRUSHED ON TIP OF FINGER -AMPUTATED TIP

November 8, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BELOW ASSISTING IN PUTTING UP A SCREEN A PIECE OF THE SCREEN CLAMP CAME LOOSE AND FELL HITTING HIM ON THE LEFT THIGH.

September 27, 1989 NC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JAMMED RIGHT THUMB REMOVING ROCK FROM A JAW IN THE PROCESS JAMMED THUMB.

September 22, 1988 NC · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
East Coast Limestone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO DISLODGE ROCK STUCK IN CHAIN ON JAW, CHAIN SLIPPED AND SKINNED HANDS.

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