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July 18, 1994 FL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS INSTALLING A NEW 1 1/4 IN WINCH CABLE ON A D8L BULLDOZER. EE ATTEMPTED TO SECURE THE END OF THE CABLE IN THE SLOT ON THE SIDE OF WINCH. DURING THIS PROCESS, THE END OF THE CABLE CAME LO OSE, SPRINGING BACK, STRIKING EE ABOVE THE RT EYE.

June 22, 1994 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS RELOCATING A 28" LONG PIPE BY STANDING THE PIPE UP VERTICALLY AND BARREL ROLLING IT BETWEEN A VERTICAL POST AND A VERTICAL PIECE OF PVC PIPE. THE PIPE BECAME UNBALANCED AND BEGAN TO TILT OVER TOWARD THE EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED TO STOP THE PIPE BUT THE FORCE CREATED BY THE ROLLING ACTION CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE PIPE AND POST CAUSING A F

March 15, 1994 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING REAR BRAKE DRUM. WHEN THE DRUM CAME FREE OF THE AXLE HUB, THE EMPLOYEES HAND SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE DRUM. WEIGHT OFTHE DRUM CAUSED DRUM TO DROP CATCHING EMPLOYEES LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE DRUM AND AXLE HUB

December 10, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BUCKET ACONTAINING TOOLS [APPROX. 40 LBS] FROM ATHE DRYER HEAD HOUSE TO THE DRY ROCK INCLINE BELT CAT WALK, AND FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.

January 28, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A DESCALER TO CLEAN AN ICE MACHINE. AFTER USING THE DESCALER, THE EMPLOYEE HOOKED UP A VACUUM PUMP TO THE ICE MACHINE FOR TEST PURPOSES, THEN WASHED HIS HANDS AND WENT TO HI S TRUCK. WHILE SEATED IN THE TRUCK, EMPLOYEE REMOVED HIS HARD HAT AND SAFETY GLASSES AND RUBBED HIS LEFT EYE. THERE WAS APPARENT OVERSPRAY OF THE DESCALER ON HIS HARD HAT OR GLASSES AND GOT I

January 25, 1993 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD DISMOUNTED A PAN WAS WALKING TOWARD FRONT OF VEHICLE WHEN SLIPPED IN MUD & FELL. EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP HARD HAT WHEN HE STRUCK FOREHEAD ON LEFT REAR FENDER OF PAN.

November 20, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A 4 INCH DIAMETER HOSE FROM A SEALING WATER PUMP. WHEN HE UNSCREWED THE CONNECTION, THE ASSEMBLY DROPPED APPROX. 4". HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOSE COU PLER AND A LIFTING LUG ON THE PUMP SLED.

August 7, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

54736YEE WAS UNREELING THE FUEL HOSE FROM THE SERVICE TRUCK AND IN TURNING TO JUDGE THE DISTANCE FELT A PAIN IN HIS MIDDLE BACK.

April 15, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED EMPLOYEE, ALONG WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LINE CREW WERE RETIRING POWER LINES FROM POLES IN THE #3 MINE AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT THE BASE OF A POWER POLE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD (HARD HAT) BY A LINE CONDUCTOR (WIRE), WHICH FELL APPROX. 15 FEET.

February 11, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A TRAILER TONGUE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A HITCH TO SEPARATE THE TRAILER FROM A PAYLOADER. AS HE STARTED TO DISMOUNT THE TRAILER TONGUE, HE STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE FLANGE ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE MATRIX PIPE THAT WAS LOADED ON THE TRAILER.

February 7, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A HYDRAULIC HOSE ON A FRONT END LOADER WHEN THE UPPER END OF THE HOSE BECAME DISCONNECTED & STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK

January 11, 1992 FL · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL DISMOUNTING CABLE REEL TRUCK WHEN RIGHT LEG GOT CAUGHT ON A METAL STRAP USED TO HOLD MUD FLAP TO FENDER.RESULTED IN LACERATION TO RIGHT LEG

July 3, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL AN AXLE ON A GRADER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND UPPER BACK.

April 17, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO HOOK UP A HYDRAULIC LINE ON THE BOTTOM OF A PUMP WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED STRIKING HIS ARM ON A PUMP GUARD.

January 15, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A MANLIFT WHEN HE NOTICED A PICKUP TRUCK ROLLING BACKWARDS. EMPLOYEE STARTED RUNNING TOWARD THE TRUCK TO TRY AND STOP THE TRUCK FROM ROLLING WHEN HE WAS STOPPED ABRUPTLY BY THE LIFELINE HE HAD ON.

November 13, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING UNLOAD A SULFURIC ACID CAR RUPTURE VALVE ASSEMBLY WAS PLUGGED WITH SULFATE BUILDUP & WOULD NOT LET THE CAR VENT PROPERLY EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED TO OPEN THE ACID LINE & ACID SP RAYED OUT HITTING THE EMPLOYEE

October 8, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING HANDRAILS AT THE FLOAT PLANT. AS HE WAS FITTING A HAND RAIL SECTION INTO PLACE FOR WELDING, HIS HANDS SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CONTACT AN AREA OF THE HANDRAIL SECTION THA T HAD JUST BEEN WELDED RESULTING IN A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO HIS LEFT WRIST.

August 29, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DESCENDING A CHERRYPICKER WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON THE HANDRAIL AND STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

August 9, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLIM INTO THE SEAT OF A GRADALL FORKLIFT.AS HE WAS STEPPING INTO THE CAB AND PULLING HIMSELF AT THE SAME TIME,HE STRUCK HIS RIGHT ELBOW ON THE DOOR FRAME.

April 3, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck against stationary object

ATTEMTP TO UNROLL CUTTING TORCH HOSE FORM REEL PULLED ON HOSE, EMP STRUCK R ELBOW ON DOOR OF LOCKER

January 15, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AFTER WELDING ON PREWASHER MUDBALL BELT LEVEL EMPLOYEE BROKE OUT WITH A RASH ON FACE & ARM (RIGHT)

January 14, 1990 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CLEAN-UP HOSE ON HIGH PRESSURE WASHING HIS WORK AREA WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

October 27, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS PUTTING ROLLER ON HOOD FRAME OF A VEHICLE WHEN THE TORSION BAR SLIPPED FROM BEHIND THE HOOD FRAME CATCHING HIS L INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND TORSION BAR

October 16, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE DRAG CABLE WHICH WAS HUNG UP ON THE BOLT OF TRI-PLATE AS THE EMPL TURNED TO GET A PRY BAR THE CABLE SLIPPED OUT OF SOCKET AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS LEG

June 26, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING AGAINST THE BED OF A VEHICLE WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 12, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A 1 1/2 WATER HOSE AND AS SHE ADJUSTED THE POSITION OF THE HOSE, SHE FELT PAIN IN HER SIDE BACK.

June 12, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DUMPING WATER OUT OF MOP BUCKET L HAND SLIPPEDCAUSING ALL THE WT TO FALL ON HER R HAND STRAINING HER R ARM.

May 26, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A T HRUST COLLAR ON A PUMP BARREL SHAFT AS HE WAS LIFTING THE COLLAR HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

May 25, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD GOTTEN A 2IN DRAG CABLE WRAPPED AROUND RIGHT REAR AXLE WHILE TRYING TO GET IT LOOSE THE CABLE TRIED TO UNWIND & PULLED EMPLOYEE OVER THE AXLE STRAINING HIS BACK

May 1, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

IN BELLY PAN OF TRACTOR IN SQUATTING POSTION LEANIG FORWARD TYING TO REMVOE WINCH PUP WHEN HE TWISTED BACK.

April 26, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE & A COWORKER WERE PLACING SCAFFLING BOARDSK ON THE BOOM OF A DRAGLINE WHEN EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS RT HAND ON ANGLE FOR SUPPORT & HIS COWORKER PUSHED THE BOARD FROM OTHER END CAUSING EMPL OYEES RT THUMB TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE END OF THE BOARD & THE ANGLE BRACE

April 26, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPL TRYING TO OPEN VENT WINDOW INSTIDE PICKUP TRUCK WHEN IT BROKE,LACERATING EMPL RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

March 31, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE CONTROL HANDLES TO INSTALL ON THE FRONT OF THE DRILL PRESS WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK.

March 10, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO POUR ACETIC ACID ON DRAG WHEN HE GOT SOME ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

November 23, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING A BOX DOWN OFF A SHELF WHEN IT STARTED TO FALL, CAUSING HIM TO MOVE QUICKLY, STRAINING HIS BACK.

November 17, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CABLE TO PUT INTO REEL WHEN HE FELT LOWER BACK PAIN.

October 31, 1988 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ENGINE WATER TEMP SENDING UNIT FROM A TRACTOR WHEN THE WATER GUSHED OUT STRICKING HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.

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