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December 3, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMP STATES HE W5S MOVING A SCAFFOLD ON THE KILN FLOOR WHEN A BOARD FELL ON HIS FOOT

October 7, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATES HE W5S TRYING TO STABILIZE A BARREL OF BALLS WHEN A SECOND BARREL FELL ON HIS RIGHT LEG

October 7, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATES HE W5S WORKING IN THE COMPRESSOR HOUSE WHEN A COUPLING CAME LOOSE WHICH HE CAUGHT TO PROTECT HIS FOOT

September 24, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE BURNNED HIS HAND WHEN HEPLACED IT ON A PIECE OF HOT METAL UNDER A TRUCK.

September 5, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING HEADLINERS IN #1 FINISH MILL. WHILE MANEUVERING A HEADLINER INTO POSITION, EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS KNEE, FEELING A STRAIN.

September 4, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES3SHE PINCHED HER RIGHT HAND WHEN A SAND DOOR SLAMMED DOWN ON HER .

September 3, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS WORKING IN #2 COOLER WHEN SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE.

August 20, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A FLAP GATE IN THE F-K PUMP WHEN I T FELL ON HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

August 8, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN HOIST CYLINDER ON HAUL TRUCK. HE BRACED HIS HEAD AGAINST THE T RUCK BED AND TRIED TO MUSCLE HTE SYLINDER UPRIGHT-HURTING HIS NECK.

July 31, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ON A TRUCK.

July 15, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATES HE C6T HIS FINGER WHILE TAKING A H OSE LOOSE FROM A TRUCK

June 28, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING A BEARING ON THE IMPACTOR WHEN THE BEARING SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT IDEX FINGER.

June 17, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS PUMPING CEMENT WHEN THE SILO FLUSHED & CEMENT DUST FLEW INTO HIS EYES

June 10, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE PULLED A GROIN MUSCLE WHILE TEARING DOWN A PUMP & MOVING SOME PARTS IN OLD SILOS

May 2, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ONA GAS VALVE LEADING INTO THE MILL BUILDING. THE VALVE WAS STUCK AND HARD TO TURN. THE EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER TRYING TO TRURN THE VALVE WHEN EMPLOYEE FELT A PAIN IN THE L OWER BACK.

May 1, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STAES 2E RT ELBOW POLPPED WHEN HE WAS PUTTING AN 0 RING ON THE BASXE OF AN OIL FILTER

April 29, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE HURT HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING JOUT OF THE REED DRILL

April 29, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE STEPPED DOWN FROM THE LOCOMOTIVE & HURT HIS FOOT

April 4, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING FABRICATED SHEET METAL I LINERS IN THE #1 BAGHOUSE FAN COMPARETMENT. THE 7\X301/2"X3/8" FABRICATED SHEET METAL PLATE SLIPPED, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE GROIN AREA.

March 19, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ST9PPING OFF A DOZER WHEN HE CUT HIS FINGER ON THE HINGE OF A TOOL BOX

March 13, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING HEAVY WET MATERIAL AT THE CRUSHER WHEN HIS BACK STARTED TO HURT HIM

January 13, 1985 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING A TURNSPONT ON THE MONITOR FLOOR

December 25, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTACKED BY 5 UNIDENTIFIABLE MEN WHO ARE NOT EMPLOYEES OF MISSOURI PORTLAND CEMENT CO. THE UNIDENTIFIED MEN BEAT THE EMPLOYEE WITH CLUBS AT GUN POINT

November 20, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE HAS HAD A SKIN IRRATATION OFF & ON SINCE BEING EMPOLYED ON 8-6-84. THE EE WAS EXPOSED TO RAW DUST DURING THE M ORNING HOURS ON 11-20-84. THE SIN IRRITATION BECAME WORSE & THE EE WAS SENT TO T HE CO DOCTOR.

November 19, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLYEE WAS INSTALLING SCAFFOLDING TO REPAIR TAKEUP PULLEY BEARING ON THE EASTSIDE OF 11 BELT THE EMPLOYEE TWISTED FEELING A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

March 15, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RODNEY WAS ABOUT TO ENTER SHOP WHEN ANOTHER EE OPENED THE DOOR TO GO OUT. THE DOOR & POSSIBLY THE OTHER EE\S FINGER STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE.

March 10, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PARTING & TIEING BACK CHAINS HANGING IN KILN AN OLD CHAIN PREVIOUSLY CUT AND HANGING ABOVE FELL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON SHOULDER

March 1, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS BRICKING IN #2 KILN LATER HE NOTICED HIS WRIST AND ARM WAS HURTING HE WAS HELD OFF WORK FOR SPRAINED WRIST

December 7, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by falling object

MOST ON FORK TRUCK HUNG UP & CHAIN WAS HANGING UP- TRIED TO TIGHTEN CHAIN ADJUSTMENT-WHILE IN PROCESS, MOST DROPPED CATCHING FINGER.

October 29, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

WORKING AT CLINKER SAMPLE CRUSHER IN LAB TEST ROOM. TRIED TO CATCH OBJECT FALLING OFF CABINET. STRUCK HAND ON GUARD OF FLYWHEEL. CUT IN RIGHT THUMB REQUIRING STITCHES.

July 30, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Struck by flying object

MOVING COAL REFEITS AWAY FROM #1 COAL MILL PIECE OF COAL BLEW INTO RIGHT EYE COULD NOT WASH OUT

July 7, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

REPAIRING BRAKES ON END LOADER. GOT OIL OR BRAKE FLUID IN EYES. NEXT MORNING EYES WERE SWOLLEN. WENT TO DOCTOR AND HAD WASHED OUT.

May 3, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Missouri Portland Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

(OVERTIME) SHOVELING SPILLED COAL FROM AROUND BOTTOM OF EVEVATOR INTO ELEVATOR BOAT CAME TO WORK NEXT MORNING COMPLAINING OF SORENESS AND WAS SENT TO DOCTOR

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