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Years on record
1983–2026
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November 1, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aluminum Silicates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP A PIECE OF BANDING MATERIAL, HE ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON IT. IT SPREMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP A PIECE OF BANDING MATERIAL, HE ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON IT. IT SPR ANG UP, STRIKING HIS FINGER. IT CUT THE MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BELOW NUCKLE, REQUIRING 4 STITCHES.

September 10, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aluminum Silicates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING PLACE FEED LINER IN STANDARD CONE CRUSHER. THE CABLE SLING HUNG AGAINST FEED BOX WHEN CRANE RAISED LINER CAUSING LINER TO JUMP FROM SIDE TO SIDE.

September 2, 1984 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aluminum Silicates Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PULLING A HOPPER COVER BACK INTO PLACE WHENTHE COVER CAUGHT ON A PIECE OF METAL HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE COVER AND HIS LITTLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE COVER AND THE GROUND HE BROKE HIS LITTLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND

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