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August 8, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM A CONVEYOR CATWALK, EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN, LATER DETERMINED TO BE A MUSCLE SPASM.

June 25, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BAG OUT OF DUST COLLECTOR. PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

January 12, 1990 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE-MADE A TURN TO SET IT DOWN AND PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

November 1, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE CLEANING CEMENT AIRSLIDE PLUGGAGE,HE GOT DUST IN BOTH EYES.

October 25, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COUNT OF STOREROOM, MOVING HEAVY PC OF STEEL, STEEL SLIPPED MASHED FINGER AGAINST SHELF IN BIN, FIRST JOINT FINGER L HAND BONE FRACT AT END OF FINGER

October 18, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN WEST SIDE OF E-42 BLEED IN AIR IN AIR DAMPER TO FLOOR LEVEL. CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER AT FIRST JOINT AND MIDDLE FINGER AT END WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN COUNTER WEIGHT AND GUARD ON E-42 BLEED AIR DUMPER.

August 1, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Struck by falling object

RAISED UP THE SIDE OF THE MOWER TO PUT A STAND UNDER IT. THE LEFT SIDE FELL ON TOP OF LEFT FOOT AND BROKE BIG TOE.

June 16, 1989 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING LOCK ON FILE CABINET, TOP DRAWER ROLLED OUT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO TWIST BACK TRYING TO CATCH IT. PULLED MUSCLE IN CENTER OF BACK.

August 24, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INSTALLING CONVEYOR BELT MANUALLY ROTATING PULLEY HAND BECAME LODGED BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY

January 12, 1988 SC · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

REPAIRING ENTRA3CE GATE WHEN LEFT THUMB WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TOP OF GATE AND GUIDE ROLLER WHEN GATE BROKE FREE.GATE DRIVE MECHANISM MECHANICALLY DISCONNECTED.FX AND LACERATED LEFT THUMB.

June 22, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS ADD3NG OIL TO A FAN BEARING. WHILE REMOVING FILL CAP SCREWS HE DROPPED A WRENCH. WRENCH STRUCK ROTATING SHAFT & WAS THROWN AT INJURED. INJURED WAS BRUISED IN T HE GROIN AREA.

May 19, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS INSTALLING 8UCT WORK AND WAS PUTTING ON A DUCT SLEEVE.WE WERE PULLING IT TOGETHER WITH A C-CLAMP AND WELD BROKE ON ONE SIDE AND C-CLAMP OR ANGLE IRON HIT ME IN THE MOUTH.CUT EMPLOYEE LIP REQUIRED 3 STI7CHES AND BROKE 2 TEELTH.

April 8, 1987 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS JOI3ING 2 PIECES OF 1 1/2" BLACK IRON PIPE.HE LIFTED ONE END TO ATTACH COUPLING AND ALIGN THREADS AND PULLED THE MUSCLE IN LOWER LEFT BACK.

August 16, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CLEANING3LINE FROM PRESSURE TRANSMITTER ON PREHEATER. WHEN PLUG WAS PULLED TO BLOW OUT LINE AIR PURGED & BLEW KILN FEED ON EE. EE RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS RIGHT FOREARM LEFT HA ND & STOMACH. 3

July 15, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS USI3G A SHOVEL TO CLEAN MATERIAL FROM BENEATH A CONVEYOR BELT HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT WRIST WHILE SHOVELING THE MATERIAL FROM AN AWKWARD POSITION

February 20, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING A BLOWER INTO TRUCK. BLOWER WAS TOP HEARING AND HIS RESULT IT ROLLED OVER AND THE HOUSING OUT THE EMPLOYEE S HAND.

February 6, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS LIF7ING CROSS BAR ON TOP OF FINISH MILL HE PICKED UP THE BAR AND HELD IT IN THE AIR A FEW SECONDS TO LINE IT UP WITH THE BOLT HOLES AFTER SETTING THE CROSS BAR AND LETTING GO A S PASM CAUGHT HIM3IN T HE BACK

February 5, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS MOV3NG A HOSE ON THE PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR TO GET TO THE HOSE AND COMPRESSOR WHICH RESULTED IN A BRUISE AND LACERATION TO THE BACK OF THE RT HAND

January 10, 1986 SC · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INJURED WAS WAS2ING LAB COUNTER COVER WHEN WATER AND ACID SPLASHED IN HER EYE

August 6, 1984 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL CLEANING AREA AROUND KILN FED HOOD ON PREHEATER.KILN DUST BEING DISLODGED FELL ON NECK AND MIXED WITH SWEAT .CAUSED ABRASION BURN.

July 17, 1984 SC · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING IRON BAR FROM BENEATH RAIL CAR AFTER HE HAD CLOSED THE ON THE RAIL CAR. THE IRON BAR SLIPPED ANDPINCHED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN THE IRON BAR AND RAIL.

February 24, 1984 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING HIS HAND TOOK BOX FROM HIS LOCKER HE TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE SETING THE BOX ON THE FLOOR

January 26, 1984 SC · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Struck by falling object

WHITE & OTHER EES WERE POSITIONING A FEED HEAD LINER AGAINST THE FEED END OF THE MILL THE LIFTING CABLE HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED. WHITE LOST HIS BALANCE & THE HEAD LINER SHIFTED SLID DOWN & SET TLED ACROSS HIS LEG & BROKE HIS LEFT HTIGH.

September 16, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Struck against stationary object

EMP WAS ENTERING CAB OF A TEREX PAN LOADER A BEE WAS IN THE CAB OF THE MACHINE IN ATTEMPTING TO SLAP AT THE BEE THE INJURED STRUCK HIS HAND AGAINST THE DOOR STRAP BRACKET EMP RECEIVED A CUT O N HIS MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND AT THE TOP KNUCKLE REQUIRING 3 STITCHES

July 19, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMP WAS INSTALLING AIR TUGGER ON STEEL COLUMN AIR TUGGER BEING SUPPORTED BY COME A LONG SLIPPED CATCHING INJURED THUMB BETWEEN DOLLY AND AIR TUGGER

February 28, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMP WAS MAKING UP CHEMICAL SOLUTION SHE RUBBED HER EYES WITH HANDS AFTER MAKING SOLUTION BEFORE WASHING HANDS WHICH CAUSED A BURN IN HER RIGHT EYE

January 11, 1983 SC · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill Cement Co Of South Carolina · Struck by falling object

LOADING BUCKET CHAINS ON A LOADED TRAILER CHAIN & BUCKETS SPIFTED & FELL FROM TRUCK STRICKING VICTIM IN CHEST & LEFT SIDE OF HEAD CAUSING UNCONSCIOUSNESS & DEEP CUT THROUGH LEFT TEMPLE & LEFT T EAR

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