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1983–2026
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October 23, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Stone Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER BUCKET A PIECE OF STEEL FELL ON HIS FOOT

June 12, 1987 NC · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON3CONVEYOR BELT AND GOT OFF AND TWISTED BACK.

February 8, 1986 NC · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING PIECE OF STEEL ON TRUCK THE STEEL SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS RIGHT THUMB

January 18, 1985 NC · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BOOM POINT SHEAVE AND WAS RETURING TO OPER.SEAT AND HIT HIS HEAD ON BOOM

September 27, 1984 NC · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Stone Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING HOIST CABLE ON CRFANE AND WAS PULLING CABLE THRU BOOM POINT SHEAVE AND PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER

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