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1983–2026
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February 10, 1989 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING FOLLOW PLATE FROM SLURRY PUMP, IT SLIPPED AND MASHED INDEX FINGER OF RIGHT HAND AGAINST PUMP SHAFT, CAUSING A GASH ACROSS BOTTOM SIDE OF KNUCKLE.

October 2, 1987 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON WAS REMO5ING BELT COVERS FROM HIGH ROCK BELT, SMALL PART OF BELT COVER HIT HIM ON FOREHEAD TWICE.

June 12, 1987 MS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Cement Company · Struck by falling object

PERSON WAS WORK3NG ON THE NORTH END OF FINISH MILL SHAKING ON THE GRINDING AID FEED PIPE WHEN A SMALL METAL DOOR THAT WAS REMOVED TO CLEAN OUT NECK OF MILL FELL DOWN ONTO HIS LEFT SHOULD STRI CKING MOUTH CAU8ING CUT TO LOWER LIP (8 STICHES)AND BROKEN UPPER FRONT TEETH.

September 8, 1986 MS · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THUMB ON LEFT H5ND WAS CAUGHT IN DOOR OF BOBCAT WHILE WORKING ON IT. CUTTING THUMB, REQUIRING 10 STITCHES

September 4, 1986 MS · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Cement Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CLEANING DUST C2LLECTOR AT KILN WHEN MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE AND CAME OUT ON HIM HOT DUST CAUSED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO WRIST FOREARM ON RT ARM AND TO BACK OF NECK

January 30, 1986 MS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING A PLUG FROM GEAR HOUSING WHEN THEBACK OF HIS HAND WAS STRUCK BY A NUT ONA HIGH SPEED GEAR REDUCER COUPLING. THIS RESULTING IN A CUT THE BACK OF EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.

December 20, 1983 MS · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A GLASS DISH THE DISH IS THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN CRACKED. WHEN EMPLOYEE PICKED THE DISH UP THE DISH BROKE HER MIDDLE RIGHT FINGER AND FOREFINGER ON RIGHT HAND WERE CUT

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