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October 28, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS FITTING 6AGS ON THE THIMBLES IN #51 DUST COLLECTOR. A BAG SLIPPED CAUSING HIS THUMB TO STRIKE THE SHARP EDGE OF T HE NEXT THIMBLE.

August 12, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES3HE WAS PULLING BUCKET BACK INTO PLACE ON POER WHEELBARROW & STRUCK FINGER ON GAS TANK OR BAC

August 7, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING D9IVE CHAIN ON COOLER HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN SIDE AND CHEST.

July 3, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS INSTALL3NG A HYDRAULIC CYLINDER IN LITTLE CAT LOADER. THE CYLINDER SLIPPPED CAUSING CUT OF FINGER

March 19, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS PUTTING3A PIECE OF PLYWOOD ON DISCHARGE SLIDE. THE PLYWOOD FELL OFF THE SLIDE STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT

February 24, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS RE5CHING IN TO REMOVE STOCK FROM SMALL MAGAZINE STORAGE BOX. COVER LID CAME FORWARD AND STRUCK HIS HAND. WIND MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.

December 7, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS AS8ISTING ADJUSTMENT OF CLUTCH ON 10 RAW MILL. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TURNED THE ADJUSTMENT BLOCK AND UNIT TURNED FREELY CATCHING INJURED S FINGER BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND THE ADJUSTING NU T ADJUSTMENT BL2CKS ARE NORMALLY TURNED USING CHAINFALL DUE TO SIZE AND TIGHTNESS. THIS OCCASION, UNIT TURNED FREE AND WAS A SURPRISE.

October 24, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPL ASSISTING REPAIR OF COUPLER ON BRADLEY MILL.WHEN JOB OB REMOVAL WAS OVER,HYDRAULIC JACK WAS PLACED NEARBY ON UNUSED MILL FOUNDATION ON ITS SIDE.THE JACK ROLLED OFF AND STRUCK EMPL ON FOOT BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF HIS SAFETY WORK BOOT.

June 2, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPL PUTTING BOLT IN HOUSING AND BACK OF HAND NICKED EDGE OF HOUSING.

June 1, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PACKING BAGS OF CEMENT.CATCHING BAG OF CEMENT AS IT FELL OFF DELIVERY CHUTE.

May 28, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A EUCLID DRIVELINE WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE DRIVELINE CAUSED IT TO PIVOT UPWARD AND CRUSH HIS FINGER AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK. (HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL A HEAVY O BJECT WITH MUSCLE POWER ALONE.)

May 22, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by flying object

PUTTING A DUST COLLECTOR BAG IN PLACE. THE CLAMP SPRING CAME OUT OF THE CLAMP HANDLE, FLEW BACK, CAUGHT RIGHT INDEX FINGERNAIL.

April 18, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING UNDER THE DAMPER OF #19 KILN COOLER AND STRUCK HIS KNEE AGAINST THE DAMPER. LAST DAY WORKED WAS 4-19-85 AND SAW DOCTOR ON 4-22-85.

April 14, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING A CAP ON #2 KILN HOOD DRAFT LINE. PHYSICAL FORCE USED WHEN PUSHING ON CAP ROD LATER CAUSED PAIN IN LEFT HAND AND SWELLING OF LEFT WRIST.

April 8, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE THE RUBBER-TIRE DOZER AND ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. DOOR CLOSED AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE FRAME.

March 29, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by falling object

PULLING CHAIN BLOCK ON OVERHEAD TROLLEY THROUGH STORE ROOM. CHAIN CAUGHT A PIECE OF 1/4"X4"X10\ LONG PIECE OF STAINLESS STEEL WHICH WAS IMPROPERLY PLACED ON TOP OF STORAGE BIN, CAUSING TI TO F ALL AND TO STRIKE INJURED\S NOSE.

March 21, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

BAG OF CEMENT BURST IN INJURED\XS FACE.

March 12, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING TO INSTALL NEW LINERS ON INSPECTION DOOR. INJURED WAS HOLDING LINERS IN PLACE, WITH BOTH ELBOWS RESTING FOR SUPPORT ON A STEEL BENCH. A CO-WORKER BOLTED THE LINERS IN PLACE. THE SAM E EVENING, IMJURED EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN AND SWELLING IN LEFT ELBOW.

March 7, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A USED GASKET FROM AN ENFINE HEAD WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND WAS CUT ON A SHARP EDGE

February 14, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING PLACING AN ACETYLENE CYLINDER INTO A CART RACK.OTHER EMPLOYEE LET HIS END GO.INJURED CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CYLINDER AND THE CART RACK.

January 4, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WORKING ON COOLER GRATES. WORKING UNDER AN OVERHEAD BUILD UP OF HOT MATERIAL, SOME OF IT FELL STRIKING INJURED AT BACK OF HIS HEAD, CAUSING BURNS TO BOTH CARS AND BACK OF HEAD.

January 4, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING DOWN A ROW OF OLD BRICK IN KILN #2. INJURED STATED A BRICK STRUCK HIS RIGHT WRIST.

October 18, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS POKING CHUNKS AT A HOPPER USING A STEEL BAR ROD. HE STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE IDLER ROLLER GUARD.

September 8, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ASSISTING PLACEMENT OF AN ELBOW SECTION OF AN AIR DUCT ONTO A TRANSPORTER PLATFORM. HOOK-UP WENT SLACK AND UNIT ROLLED OFFTRANSPORTER ONTO FLOOR. SECTION DID NOT STRIKE EMPLOYEE.

July 19, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS ASSISTING REPAIR OF SOOTBLOWER AT REPAIR BENCH. UNIT ROLLED OFF BENCH AND HE TRIED TO HOLD IT, OR KEEP IT FROM HITTING THE FLOOR. INJURED COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS ACCIDENT BY BLOCKING THE UNIT OR SECURING IT WITH CHAIN OR SLING TO AN OVERHEAD EXISTING HOIST TROLLEY

July 19, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A COMPRESSOR BLADE FROM ITS METAL DELIVERY CASE. THE BLADE STUCK IN THE CASE, AND CASE FELL ST RIKING EMPLOYEES WRIST

June 30, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SOME EXPANSION JOINT FABRIC USING A UTILITY KNIFE AND STRAIGHT EDGE. THE KNIFE JUMPED THE STRAIGHT EDGE AND CUT HIS THUMB

June 2, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING CLUTCH ON KILN AUXILIARY DRIVE. CLUTCH WAS HOT. HE JERKED HIS HAND BACK AND STRUCK EDGE OF CLUTCH BELL HOUSING

May 16, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING A MOP BUCKET WITH HOT WAT E R THROUGH A HOSE, THE HOSE BVUCKED WHEN STEAM AND HOT WATER CAME THROUGH

March 20, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE EMP WAS LIFTING AND ADJUSTING GRIZZLEY SECTION IN #20 COOLER IT SLIPPED OUUT OF HIS LEFT HAND, PINCHING HIS FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE GRIZZLEY AND THE COOLER GRATES. THE GRIZ ZLEY WAS HEAVY AND THE EMPLOYEE TRIED HANDLING IT BY HIMSELF

February 27, 1984 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS ASSISTING REMOVAL OF SCAFFOLDING LONG SUPPORT PIPES IN THE PROCESS OTHER EMPLOYEES PULLED AND INJUREDS ARM STRUCK SIDE OF KILN HOOD

November 14, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP AND FELLOW REPAIRMAN WERE REMOVING SHEAVE V BELT FROM #2 SCREEN EMP WAS HOLDING AND GUIDING SHEAVE WHILE OTHER EMP LOSENED SHEAVE WHEN IT CAME LOOSE EMP WAS CAUGHT UNAWARE AND SHEAVE WEIGH MORE THAN HE THOUGHT HE TRIED TO CATCH IT AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN SHEAVE AND SCREEN FRAME

August 19, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A TANK OF PROPANE GAS ON HIS LIFT TRUCK. WHILE IN THE PROCESS HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE LIFT TRUCK BODY AND THE GAS TANK.

August 19, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING JOB CARD FROM PULLEY OF A FAN CASING WHICH WAS IN FOR SHOP REPAIR. HE PULLED THE BELT TO LOOSEN THE CARD & THE MOMENTUM CARRIED HIS HAND INTO OPPOSITE PULLEY.

August 19, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING WEIGHING AND REPLACING FIRE EXTINGUISHERS THROUGHTOUT THE PLANT AREA

August 5, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRING BAGS OF CEMENT FROM A CONVEYOR TO A PALLET. HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT TESTICULAR AREA.

July 20, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING CLEANING AND RETURNING WATER COOLER TOWER LOUVRES A LOUVRE BROKE AND PIECE OF IT STRUCK THE RIGHT WRIST OF THE INJURED EMPLOYEE

July 11, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS WHILE REPLACING LIFTERS AND LINERS IN #1 MILL THE LINER SLIPPED PINCHING HIS FINGER

June 22, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DRILL BITS AND THOUGHT THREAD ON NEW BIT WAS STARTED AS HE REACHED FOR A TOOL BIT FELL OUT AND STURCK HIS FINGER

April 7, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

REACHING UP TO CLOSE TIPPLER VALVE ON BOILER HOPPER HOT DUST FLUSHED AND WENT UP ARM UNDER COAT SLEEVE.

March 15, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP STATES HE WAS HOOKING THE CAR PULLER HOOK TO RAILROAD CAR

January 27, 1983 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
National Gypsum Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ANOTHER EMP SLID A WOODEN CHOCK USED FOR SECURINNG A COMPRESSED GAS BOTTLE ACROSS THE BED OF PICKUP TRUCK CHOCK STRUCK FINGER

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