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1983–2026
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June 13, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING LARGE JACK ON PALLET USING A SLING. NOTICED THE JACK WAS TIPPED AND ATTEMPTED TO STRIGHTEN JACK UP. EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS HIN A PINCH POINT AND JACK TIPPED OVER CATCHING E MPLOYEES LEFT MIDDLE FINGER, CUTTING IT.

June 10, 1988 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS PACKING CEMENT AND TOP OF BAG RIPPED OPEN BLOWING CEMENT INTO HIS EYES (RIGHT EYE SPECIFICALLY).

December 22, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING RAILROAD TIES FROM FINISHING MILL AND THE TIES SLIPPED PINNING EMPLOYEES HAND BETWEEN THEM

October 29, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING ONE END OF LIGHT PLANT TO HOOK UP TO BALL ON PICK-UP TRUCK AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK TWO HOURS LATER.

July 13, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS KN9ELING IN WET DUST WHILE WORKING ON WATER PUMPS CAUSING BURNS TO BOTH KNEES.

April 3, 1987 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SW3NGING A PALLET OF BRICKS AND PINNED HIS LEG AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL.

February 5, 1986 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE LIFTING C9ANE BEARING UP ON DRILL PRESS, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS RIGHT SHOULDER ON HANDLE OF MACHINE.

June 1, 1985 NY · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

AFTER INSTALLING NEW SPEED REDUCER IT TURNED HARRD AND EMPL TRIED TO MOVE IT BY PULLING ON BELT.HAND SLIPPED AND HE HIT SMALL FINGER LEFT HAND ON HOUSING.

April 12, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

RICHARD HAD STOPPED THE BELT AND WAS REMOVING A BROKEN BAG OFF THE CONVEYOR THE BACK OF HIS RT HAND RUBBED ACROSS THE BAG SADDLE AND IT CAUSED A LACERATION

March 7, 1984 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

REPLACING CABLE ON OVERHEAD CRANE PULLING IT THRU SHEAVE FELT PAIN IN BACK.

August 7, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

REPAIRING SPROCKET ON A ELEVATOR PULLED ON IT AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK

May 9, 1983 NY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Glens Falls Portland Cement Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OXYGEN TANK AND MOVING IT INTO PLACE HE FELT PAIN IN RIGHT ARM AND BACK

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