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April 28, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Penroc Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF LINE FROM CONVEYOR ONTO PALLETS RESULTING IN A SPRAIN TO THE RIGHT HAND.

April 25, 1998 VA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone James River · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE ROCKS AT DISCHARGE POINT OF SILO, CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN TWO ROCKS, RESULTING IN DEEP CUT TO LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

April 17, 1998 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Penroc Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF LIME ONTO PALLETS. HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH A BAG FROM FALLING TO THE FLOOR WHEN HIS LEFT HAND BENT BACK RESULTING IN A WRIST SPRAIN.

February 23, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS SING A 1" RUBBER HOSE TO FEED EXPLOSIVE SLURRY INTO THE DRILL HOLE. AS HE WAS PULLING THE HOSE BACK, THE HOSE BECAME LODGED AND WHEN HE JERKED OT FREE IT, HE FELT A BURNUBG IN HIS BACK.

February 2, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING BAGS OF THE TOP OF DUST COLLECTOR BAGHOUSE. SOME OF THE BAGS WERE FILLED WITH WET LIME THAT IS HEAVY.

October 31, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone James River · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WS WORKING ON FEEDER AND CUT MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND CAUSING LACERATION.

October 19, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CLOSE TAIL GATE ON HAUL TRUCK, GOT LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BED AND TAIL GATE. CRUSHED AND CUT MIDDLE FINGER (FRACTURED)

September 22, 1997 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS CHANGING THE BACKSTOP IN THE #113 BELT SPEED REDUCER WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SIDE. DIAGNOSED AS A HERNIA.

July 11, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A BOX OF BLASTING CAPS ON UNEVEN GROUND AND DISLOCATED LOWER BACK.

April 3, 1997 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone James River · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMP WAS STACKING A BAG OF LIMESTONE ON A PALLET AND PULLED SOMETHING IN LEFT WRIST.

March 29, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING OUT WATER TROUGH AFTER FLUSHING OUT SCRUBBER - WHILE RAKING THE TROUGH - WATER SPLASED OVER SIDE OF TROUGH & INTO EE'S BOOT. LIME & LIME WATER BURNS TO RIGHT FOOT.

March 25, 1997 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS REMOVING OPERATORS SEAT FROM A SCALING UNIT BY PULLING IT THRU THE DOOR OPENING. DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE, HE STEPPED UP ON STEP AND HELD ON TO HANDRAIL WITH ONE HAND AND PULLED ON SEAT WITH OTHER.

February 4, 1997 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED FROM JCB FORK TRUCK AND PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER CHEST.

November 15, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Struck by falling object

INDIVIDUAL WAS CHANGING THE FINGER GATES ON #6 CONVEYOR AND ONE SET OF THE GATES FELL ON HIS HAND. THERE WERE NO ABRASIONS ON HAND. LATER THAT EVENING HE SAID THAT HIS HAND STARTED TO SWELL. W ENT TO CLINIC NEXT MORNING AND HAD X-RAY TAKEN. RESULTS: NEGATIVE. NO FRACTURES, ONLY BRUISED.

October 29, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone James River · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPLACING A 25 HP ELECTRIC MOTOR. HE WAS MOVING THE MOTOR IN PLACE AND IT MOVED SUDDENLY. THE MOTOR PINNED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE MOUNTING SURFACE.

August 3, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER AND CAUGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND BETWEEN CATWALK AND LADDER RUNGBROKEN FINGER ON LEFT HAND - MIDDLE FINGER.

July 6, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING V BELT ON LIME CRUSHER. CAUGHT MIDDLE FIGNER BETWEEN V BELT AND CLEAVE. PINCHED UPPER SECITON OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

June 25, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT HE CLIMBED ACCESS LADDER TO THE TOP OF 533 ELEVATOR TO CHECK DUST LEAK. WHEN HE CAME BACK DOWN THE LADDER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 29, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE AND HIS HELPER WERE REPLACING A SECTIN OF PNEUMATIC PIPE. HE SAID THAT HE DID NOT RECALL THE TIME OF THE INJURY BUT HAD FELT A SLIGHT PAIN AND WAS SEVERE. HE SAID THAT IT BEGAN TO BE MORE N OTICEABLE LATER.

April 19, 1996 OK · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone St Clair Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BURNER HAD JUST PERFORMED A HEAT RISE TEST & WAS DISCARDING IT OVER THE SIDE OF THE FIRING FLOOR WHEN INJURED SIMULTANEOUSLTY WALKED OFF THE COOLING FLOOR AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE JUST BELOW THE FIRING FLOOR. QUICKLIME MIXTURE COVERED HIS RIGHT SIDE & SOME GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

March 29, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS BENDING OVER TO PUSH A GATE CLOSED ON #433 SCREW BETWEEN PRODUCT SILOS 4 & 5 WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MID BACK AREA THAT RAN DOWN TO THE LOWER BACK. THE PAIN WOULD NOT SU BSIDE.

February 22, 1996 VA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chemstone Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLIMBING LADDER TO ELEVATOR AT ROTARY KILN WHEN DUST GOT INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER IT CAME OFF OF A RUNG OR THE WALKWAY ABOVE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN TO DR AND HADLIME EXTRACTED. THERE IS NOT PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT.

January 18, 1996 TN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INDIVIDUAL WAS HELPING TO CLEAN OUT A SCRUBBER ON THE HYDRATE LIEM SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE LIME FELL DOWN FROM ABOVE AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

December 11, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS OPENING TIP DOORS ON RAIL CARS. AFTER SEVERAL CARS HAD BEEN OPENED, HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT.

October 20, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INDIVIDUAL WAS OPENING HATCH ON TOP OF TANKER AND THE HATCH HIT A METAL BAR AND SOME LIME GOT IN HIS EYES.

October 13, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Struck against stationary object

INDIVIDUAL WAS INSTALLING GRATES IN LIME KILN. STANDING ON LADDER WHICH WAS STANDING ON PIECES OF ASK RING. HE WAS STEADING HIMSELF BY HOLDING ONTO A CHAIN WITH LEFT HAND. LADDER SLIPPED & CAU SED THE INDIVIDUAL TO HIT HIS ELBOW ON PIECE OF METAL. INDIVIDUAL'S FIRST DAY OFF WAS 6/10/96 [OPERATION]

September 16, 1995 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Penroc Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UTILITY PERSON WAS CLEANING CATWALKS ADJACENT TO CONE CRUSHER PLATFORM HEAD LADDER WAS LIFTED UP AND OUT AND UTILITY MAN S WAY IN ORDER TO MUCH OUT UNDERNEATH. LADDER WAS NOT FASTERED TO PREVE NT IT FROM FALLING WHEN UTILITY MAN PROCEDED WITH CLEANING THE LADDER SWUNG DOWN STRIKING HIM.

August 9, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT HE WAS PUSHING AND GUIDING A LARGE BEARING ONTO A SHAFT.HE SAID THAT HE WAS STRAINING AND THAT HE FELT SOMETHING PULL. HE SAID THAT HE NOTICED A KNOT ON HIS GROIN THAT E VENING AND WENT TO THE DR.

June 28, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL REMOVES 50 LB BAGS OF HYDRATE LIME OFF CONVEYOR AND PLACES THEM ON A PALLET ON THE FLOOR. THE HEIGHT RANGES FROM 0 TO APPROX 6 FT.

June 26, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Struck against stationary object

INDIVIDUAL WAS HELPING TO INSTALL A RETURN IDLER ON A BELTCONVEYOR HE WAS LIFTING THE IDLER UP &U HIS HAND SLIPPED & HIT A SHARP EDGE OF; A BRACKET

March 13, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT HE WAS CLIMBING A VERTICLE LADDER AND WHEN HE GOT TO THE TOP HIS BACK WAS HURTING. HE SAID THAT HE COULD NOT ISOLATE WHEN IT HAPPENED.

February 28, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS MOVING A PALLET OF HYDRATE LIME BAGS. WHEN HE STOPPED, THREE OF THE BAGS FELL OFF. AS HE WAS PICKING UP THE BAGS HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.

February 24, 1995 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS INJURED ON 11-2-94CAME BACK TO WORK ON 16-95. INDIVIDUAL CAME IN TO WORK ON 2-24-95 AND SAID THAT HIS BACK WAS NOT ANY BETTER. HE WAS SENT HOME AND ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE T O SEE A DR. COPY OF ORIGINAL REPORT IS ATTACHED.

January 6, 1995 VA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chemstone Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PICKING UP BOX OF BLASTING POWDER, WEIGHING APPROX. 55 BLS AND HE FELT A SLIGHT STING IN HIS HIP AREA. THINKING IT WAS NOTHING SERIOUS EE DID NOT REPORT IT AS AN ACCIDENT. ON JAN 30 EE STARTED EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS IN HIS RIGHT LEG.

November 2, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS CHANGING PROPANE FUEL TANK ON A FORKLIFT. WHEN HE LIFTED THE TANK UP ON THE FORKLIFT, HE FELT LOWER BACK STRAIN. REPORTED THE INCIDENT SAYING HE WAS OK ON 11-11-94 HE SAID THAT HIS BACK WAS NOT ANY BETTER. AT THAT TIME HE WASTAKEN TO THE CLINIC.

October 31, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chemstone Corp · Struck by flying object

HYDRATE TANKER - DRIVER HAD PRESSURIZED ONCE & WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO IT THE SECOND TIME - HE WAS TAKING CAR OFF OF BLOW-OFF PIPE - THE PRESSURE IN THE LINE BLEW HYDRATE IN HIS EYES & MOUTH.

October 3, 1994 VA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chemstone Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EMPTYING THE SPILLAGE CHUTE A LARGE PIECE OF MATERIAL HUNG UP IN THE DOOR. INJURED PULLEDON THE CABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR WIDER. HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK.

September 20, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS WIPING A TABLE AT THE END OF A CONVEYOR BELT & CAUGHT HIS HAND BETWEEN THE BELT & THE TABLE

June 8, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INDIVIDUAL WAS HANGING BULK BAG ON HANGER TO BE FILLED WITH HYDRATED LIME. WHEN HE OPENED THE TOP OF THE BAG HE FLIPPED LIME DUST INTO HIS EYES.

May 25, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LAYING WOODEN PALLETS FLAT SO THEY COULD BE PICKED UP WITH A FORKLIFT. THE PALLETS WERE STACKED ON EDGE OF A FLAT BED TRUCK.

March 16, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INIDIVIDUAL WAS LIFTING A FIVE GALLON PAIL CONTAINING LIMESTONE TO PLACE IT ON A HANGING SCALE. WHEN HE LIFTED IT UP, HE FELT A SHARP PAIN INHIS LOWER BACK. THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE PAIL AND ST ONE WAS 22 LBS.

January 29, 1994 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS LEANING AGAINST CONVEYOR TAKING 50# BAGS OFF AND STACKING THEM ON A TRUCK. HE WOULD PUSH HIMSELF AWAY FROM THE CONVEYOR WHICH PUT PRESSURE ON THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES.

December 1, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Global Stone Tenn Luttrell Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INDIVIDUAL WAS LOADING BULK BAGS OF LIME. LIME DUST WAS ON THE LIP OF THE BAG AND BLEW IN THE FACE. HE TRIED TO BLOW IT OFF WITH HIS MOUTH AND SOME OF THE LIME GOT IN HIS EYE.

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