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1983–2026
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June 9, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL SHEAVE OFF CONE CRUSHER MOTOR, HYDRAULIC RAM LEAKED OFF CRIBBING BLOKC FELL OUT & MASHED RING FINGER LEFT HAND.

April 21, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING AN R-35 HAUL TRUCK AT END OF SHIFT AND FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK WHEN HE STEPPED OF LADDER TO THE GROUND.

May 12, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A LARGE PIECE OF METAL AND CAUGHT AND MASHED RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

March 24, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by powered moving object

MOVING KEG PULLED L SHOULDER

February 25, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT DRAG PIT A ROCK FROM ABOVE FELL STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT HAND.

January 29, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Struck against stationary object

OPENING WATER VALVE AT TIPPLE AND STRUCK R ARM ON VALVE STEM ABOVE BELOW

October 30, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING BEARING CAP UP STEPS TO CAL JAW FELT STINGING PAIN IN RIGHT LEG JUST ABOVE KNEE.

October 30, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF METAL AROUND A SCREEN.

July 27, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

HELPING SET R R CARS THREW SWITCH, PULLED MUSCLE IN R SIDE AND BACK

July 2, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLAGE IN AGGREGATE MILL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN UPPER BACK AND NECK.

September 14, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING TOOL TRAY APPROX 35 # FROM SHED TO LOZDING CONVEYOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 300 SOME OF WHICH IS DOWN GRADE HE NOTICED SOME PAIN IN LOWER PORTION OF BACK BUT DIDNT THIN K IT OF ANY CONCERN AT TIME HOWEVER THE FOLLOWING DAY COULD HARDLY GET UP WITHOUT SEVERE PAIN

February 15, 1989 WV · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED POUND AGGERAGATE SAMPLE TO EYE LEVEL AND DEVLOPED NECK PAIN, HEADACHE AND NOSEBLEED.

August 8, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PICE OF METAL OUT OF A CRUSHER.

August 13, 1986 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STOOPED OVER TO3PICK UP SHOVEL - SHARP PAIN IN LOWER CENTER BACK

January 5, 1984 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTED PIECE OF METAL

September 27, 1983 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE LIFTED TOOL BOX; TWISTED RIGHT ARM, CAUSING SEVERE PAIN, DISCOLORATION AND SWELLING TO BICEPS.

February 24, 1983 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON RINSING SCREEN. WHILE PULLING HIMSELF UP AROUND SCREEN, FELT SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH.

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