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December 26, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING QUEBRACHO BAGS BY HAND UP ON REAGENT TANKS FOR MIXING.

November 1, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck by falling object

UNSCREWING HEAD FROM INNER TUBE.LOST GRIP AND DROPPED TUBE-FULL OF CORE ON LEFT FOOT FOOT WAS BRUISED.

June 10, 1990 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck against stationary object

STACKING STEEL ON STEEL RACK. BROUGHT ARM DOWN & HIT PIECE OF SHEET METAL.

December 5, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

WAS TAKING DRAIN PLUG OUT OF A STOPPED UP PUMP.HOT LIQUID RAN OUT AND ACROSS HIS HAND.

November 20, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKING UP STEEL DOORES AT WORK. STATES THAT NEXT DAY HE WAS STIFF. NOTE: EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT UNTIL 12-4-89.

November 2, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS BARING A ROOF DOWN AND LIFTED A PUMP HURTING BACK.

August 10, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MEPL WAS PICKING UP A TIMBER AND STUCK A SPLINTER IN HIS R HAND

July 19, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BAG OF CUSO4 STRUCK BY PAIN IN UPPER BACK L POST CHEST WALL.

May 18, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING AIR HOSE (UNPRESSURIZED). END OF HOSE FLIPPED UP & COUPLING STRUCK ELBOW.

March 16, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON FLOAT CELL UNIT BACKING IN CELL.UNIT SLIPPED SIDEWAYS LANDING ON HIS CHEST AND UPPER LEFT LEG.

March 16, 1989 IL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING RAIL CAR AND WAS BITTEN OR STUNG BY INSECT.

December 31, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BARREL OF CHEMCIALS AND GOT SOME ON HIS HANDS HE LATER RUBBED HIS EYES WITH H IS HANDS.

September 6, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON BALL MILL & GOT LEFT THUMB CAUGHT BETWEEN PIECE OF STEEL & HARD SURFACE

May 11, 1988 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING PARTS CLEANING BASKET DROPPED INTO CLEANING FLUID. CLEANING FLUID SPLASHED INTO EYE.

November 16, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CL2SING SLIDING DOORS AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN THE DOORS.

November 2, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck against stationary object

WORKING IN SHOP3AND CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB ON METAL PUMP BOWL.

October 31, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENT OVER TO CL2SE HOPPER DOORS AND TWISTED OR PSRAINED BACK.

August 28, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS LIFTING3IN AN AREA OF LIMITED ACCESS CLOSING VALVE TO ! SPAR DIAPHRAGM PUMP

July 16, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

UNLOADING A TRA3LER PULLED ON A BAG OF QUEBRACHO & STRAINED HIS BACK

March 31, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WASHING SPILL A7 FEED CONVEYOR TO A BALL MILL AND WATER SPLASHED INTO FACE, CAUSING ABRASION TO LEFT EYE.

March 10, 1987 IL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BUILDING TRUCK 6ED.FINGER WAS MASHED BETWEEN TWO 1/2 INCH PIECES OF METAL.

April 2, 1986 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING OFF BE5T TO BE SPLICED ROCK ROLLED DOWN BELT CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN ROCK & B ELT.

November 21, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE EE WAS CL9ANING CONVEYOR BELT FOT RIGHT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & HEAD PULLEY.

June 17, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PUMP ASSEMBLY, INJURED BACK.

April 12, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING ORE SAMPLE, LIFTED 60 LB. SAMPLE IN BUCKET, INJURING BACK.

June 28, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL LIFTING PUMP,STRAINED BOTH SIDES.

March 23, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CH ANGING TIRE ON LOADER AND SPRAINED HIS BACK

May 17, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON BARREL FULL OF FLUORSPAR TO EMTPY INTO PAYLOADER BUCKET, STRAINING BACK.

March 29, 1983 IL · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ozark-Mahoning Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING TANK TRUCK,ROPE BROKE LETTING LOADING PIPE STRIKE EMPL LEFT EYEBROW CAUSING LACERATED WOUND.

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