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April 12, 1999TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING GOOSENECK TO LOAD BACKHOE TO MOVE TO PIT. EMPLOYEE(DRIVER) HAD SEPERATED NECK FROM TRAILER AND ATTEMPTED TO FOLD OVER RAMPS TO GROUND AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
October 30, 1998IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS SHOVELING DIRT FROM AROUND DRILL HOLE. HE HAD A BAD PAIN IN THE BACK HE WAS DRILLING ON THE DANIEL HOFFMAN PROPERTY AT HUNTINGBURG, IN. IN DUBOIS COUNTY.
September 24, 1998TX · Metal/Non-Metaldriller, highwall helper, highwall drill helperHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON A PALLET OF BAGS THAT WAS ON THE STRETCH WRAP MACHINE TO GET THE TABLE STARTED. AS EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING, HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE.
June 25, 1998TX · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EE WAS HOOKING UP A MATERIAL HOSE TO TRANSFER MATERIAL INTO STORAGE BIN. THE HOSE SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. HE AS A LACERATION ON HIS FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED 7 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
EE WAS LOADING RAILCAR WITH LOADING CHUTE THAT HAD TO BE HELD OVER LOADING HATCH OF RAILCAR. PAIN BEGAN IN LOWER BACK AFTER CAR WAS LOADED. STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
August 11, 1997TN · Metal/Non-Metaldriller, highwall operator, highwall drill operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EE WAS HELPING TIE RE-BAR TOGETHER. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP HIS HARD HAT AND SCRAPED HIS HAND ON A PIECE OF RE-BAR. HE CUT THE TOP OF HIS RT HAND. THE CUT REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.
April 18, 1997MS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
BACK STRAIN--HE WAS WORKING ON A SCREW CONVEYOR WHEN HE NOTCIED HIS BACK HURTING.
February 27, 1997TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
MECHANIC WAS CLIMBING INTO CAB OF SERVICE TRUCK WHEN HE BUMPED HIS LEFT KNEE ON DOOR JAM. HE SAID HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OK BUT IT STILL WAS BOTHERING HIM. ON 3/4/97 HE WENT TO THE DR. HE HAV E HIM CHECK KNEE OUT.
February 11, 1997TX · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO CHAIN CONVEYOR TO GET A BAG THAT WAS CAUGHT. EMPLOYE ETURNE DANKLE WHEN EH STEPPED ONTO CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR ON 6-1-95 AFTER COMPLAINING OF CONTINUING SORENESS IN ANKLE.
April 20, 1995TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING LOADING HEAVY ROLL OF ROAD BASE FABRIC STRAINED RT FRONT STOMACH DOC SAID THIS AGGREVATED AN OLD HERNIA WHICHTHEDOC THEN DID SURGERY TO REPAIR DAMAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TAIL PULLEY GUARD FROMSOPESTONE UNLOADING BELT IN PIT UNDER RR TRACK. THE GUARD WAS STUCK, HE PULLED ON GUARD & WHEN IT MOVED, THE GUARD CRUSHED HIS FINGER AGAINST THE CO NCRETE WALL CAUSING THE CUT ON HIS LEFT RING FINER.
February 25, 1995TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER TANK CAR REPLACING CAP ON OUTLET VALVE. HE FELT A PAIN IN RIGHT HIP. BY THE TIME HE GOT OUT FROM UNDER CAR HE HAD PAIN IN BOTH HIPS AND BACK. COULDN'T GET UP OFF GROUND WITH OUT HELP.
February 14, 1995TN · Metal/Non-Metalcoal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shovelerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE WAS WASHING HAUL TRUCKS WITH 100 % CONCRETRATE WASHING COMPOUND WITHOUT DILUTING IT. CAUSTIC CAUSED SKIN BURNS AFTER ABOUTN 45 MINUTES OF CONTACT.
January 20, 1995TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING HOSE FROM CAR THE HOSE WITH COUPLING FELL ACROSS EMPLOYEES FOOT CAUSING BRUISING & SWELLING
December 29, 1994TN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING FLIPPER INTO BOXCAR. FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN FLIPPER DRUM AND FRAME OF CAR. DISLOCATED 1ST JOINT OF RIGHT PINKY FINGER, TEARING LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS.
December 1, 1994MS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE PICKED UP A BAG OF MATERIAL OFF OF CONVEYOR TO PUT ON PALLET AS HE TURNED HE HIT A PIECE OF METAL ATTACHED TO THE CONVEYOR WHICH WAS HOLDING THE GLUE POT IN PLACE HE BRUISED HIS RT KN EE
June 3, 1994TN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE RELOCATING A BUNDLE OF (19) 5" O.D. PIPES THE 3/4" STRAP WHICH HOLD TUBES IN A BUNDLE BROKE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON ELBOW CAUSING A 1" CUT TO THE LEFT ELBOW.
May 19, 1994TN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS UNHOOKING & SEALING A TANKCAR AT THE SLURRY PLANT LOADING STATION HIS HARD HAT FELL OFF AS HE WAS GOING UNDER THE CAR TO PICKUP HIS HAT HE BUMPED HIS HEAD HEAD INJURY REQUIRED EIG HT STITCHES
ORE BRIDGED IN DUMP HOPPER USED TO FEED CONVEYOR TO MILL FEED H OPPER ORE STUCK TO HOPPER SIDEWALLS EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FIND CAUSE & REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM ORE SLID DOWN & HE INJURED HIMSE LF GETTING OUT OF HOPPER ON SIDEWALL
June 22, 1991IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING SOME EMPTY BAGS TO STOCK THE BAGGER PRIOR TO BAGGING.HE HAD TO BEND OVER THE SIDE OF THE BAD CONTAINER.AS HE STRAIGHTEN UP HE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN THE LOWER BACK.TH IS AGGRAVATED HIS INJURY ON 06-04 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A GLUE SPILL BY THE STACKING PLATFORM.
February 20, 1991IN · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Clays Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
HE WAS INSIDE A DUST COLLECTOR WHEN THE MEN WORKING ABOVE HIM TOLD HIM TO GET OUT BCAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO PUSH SOME CLAY THROUGH THE COLLECTOR. HE APPARENTLY DID NOT GET OUT AND WAS OVERCOME FROM THE DUST FUMES. HE WAS WEAK AND DIZZY. HE WAS WEARING A RESPIRATOR.
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