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July 15, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING CHAIN IN A ROTARY KILN WHEN A PIECE OF METAL (PART OF A BURNT OFF SHACKLE 3/4 LB) FELL FROM TEH CHAINS ABOVE AND HIT TWO TEETH IN THE FRON TO FEMPLOYEE'S MOUTH.

February 17, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF ROCK SALT AND TWISTED HIS BODY.

February 11, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS CONTINUOUSLY SHOVELING TO KEEP UP WITH THE PAN FEEDER.

February 11, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PARTITION SCREEN AT #4 FINISH ROOM AND HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS ABDOMEN.

February 10, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING PARTITION SCREENS IN PLACE IN FINISH MILL AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

January 26, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING UNDER #1 MILL ROOM CRANE STOP FELL AND HIT EE'S RT HAND AND LEFT KNEE.

January 25, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING INSIDE PAN IN POSITION EE STRAINED BACK.

January 15, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE UNTANGLING KILN CHAIN IN ROTARY KILN, TWISTED WHILE PULLING CHAIN AND RUPTURED TENTON IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

January 14, 1994 PA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE EE WENT TO ASSIST A COWORKER WHO WAS UNLOADING A TANK OF LIQUID FUEL. IN THE PROCESS OF RECONNECTING THE UNLOADING HOSE SOME LIQUID SPLASHED IN THE EE'S FACE.

December 28, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BACKER PLATES. WHEN LIFTING THE BACKER PLATES EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED DISCOMFORT IN LEFT TEXTICLE. HE WENT TO SEE DR. NEILL ON 2/15/94, WHO IN TURN REFERRED HIM TO DR. KANDU LA WITH A LEFT INQUINAL HERNIA.

December 16, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WORKING AT A COMPUTER WHEN SHE GOT UP TO GO TO HER DESK ACROSS THE ROOM WHE STUBBED HER TOE ON AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET STICKING UP OUT OF THE FLOOR.

December 14, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO OPEN DEZURIK VALVE ABOVE 5-5S FEED PUMPS WITH PINCH BAR, VALVE SWUNG TO OPPOSITE POSITION, PINCHING LEFT HAND BETWEEN BAR AND VALVE.

November 30, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS IN A SITTING POSITION SCRAPPING CEMENT ON WALL OF SILO, OTHER MENT WERE WORKING ON OPPOSITE END OF SILO WHEN CEMNT BANK GAVE WAY CAUSING CEMENT TO FLUSH AND RUN LIKE WATER TOWARD THE EMPLOYEE. CEMENT GOT INTO HIS EYES.

October 7, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE TORE OR PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT ARM WHILE LIFTING A BEARING TO GET IT CLEANED

August 27, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HELPED PUT PROPANE TANK IN PLACE ON #1 KILN BURNER FLOOR STAND, THE TANK FELL OFF THE STAND ON TOP OF HIS FOOT.

August 9, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 140 LB. HAMMER, IT SLIPPED AND PINCHED LEFT THUMB AGAINST ANOTHER HAMMER.

August 4, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE TRYING TO SECURE CHAIN GAS THERMOCOUPLE TROLLEY EE LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TROLLEY AND BASE. INJURY OCCURRED WHEN TROLLEY SLIPPED FROM RIGHT HAND GETTING CAUGHT ON RING ASSEBLY OF R OTATING KILN.

July 27, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING SOLVENT PIPE ON #3 SOLVENT PANEL, THE LINE BROKE AT THREADED END SPLASHING SOLVENT ON EMPLOYEE'S FACE.

July 19, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING DRY SLURRY AND WHEN HE WENT HOME ABOUT AN HOUR LATER HIS BACK GOT TIGHT.

April 5, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE OPENING DOOR ON AIR COMPRESSOR SUCTION FROM THE MACHINE PULLED THE DOOR CLOSE PINCHING FINGERS AND CUTTING THEM.

March 18, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck by falling object

CEMENT FELL BETWEEN EMPLOYEE'S EYEGLASS AND FACE AND SCRATCHED HIS EYE.

March 10, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE CLEARING CHOKE IN PRIMARY CRUSHER WITH HOIST CHAIN HOOK AND BECAME LODGED BETWEEN #! CONV. SKIRTBOARD AND JAW DIE. WHILE REMOVING HOOK THE EMPLOYEES FIGNER WS PINCHED BETWEEN SKIRTBOARD AND HOOK.

February 13, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE CLEANING THE HOPPER UNDER THE ROLL CRUSHER THE EMPLOYEE BUMPED HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A STEEL PLATE.

January 24, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING DRIED SLURRY, HEAVY MATERIAL, INTO A WHEELBARROW HE SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

January 5, 1993 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TYING DOWN TARP WHEN THE STRAP TORE AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

August 7, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

54736YEE LIFTED THE LID OFF OF #2 WASTE DUST CONVEYOR TO CLEAN OFF WET AND MUDDY MATERIAL. WATER NOZZLES ON LID CAUGHT ON HANDLE OF BACK LIF AND CAUSED A TWISTING AND JERKING MOVEMENT OF HIS B 64806HILE HOLD FULL WEIGHT OF THE LID.

August 6, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck by falling object

54736YEE DROPPED A TOW CABLE AND A FRAYED END CAUGHT HIS FINGER.

July 28, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

54736YEE WAS TAKING AIR SUPPLY HOSE OFF OF THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER WHEN THE HOSE LET LOOSE CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE, LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT AGAINST UNLOADING HOSE ON TRACTOR CAUSING HIS 21320TO BE TWISTED.

July 24, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

55023RAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE HOOKED UP A LINDER PLATE TO THE CHAIN BLOCK.

May 7, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAP CAME OFF FEED CHUTE ON #1 RAW MILL CAUSING SLURRY TO BECOME VERY THICK.PIT PUMP AT DISCHARGE END OF RAW MILL COULD NOT PUMP THICK MATERIAL AND DISCHARGE BOX OVERFLOWED.EMPL WAS CLEANING UP SLURRY OVERFLOW AND TWISTED HIS BACK WHILE SHOVELING THICK SLURRY.

March 19, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 100LB BOX OF RAM

March 4, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ABRASIAN LEFT EYE CORNEAL IRRITATION OF LEFT EYE SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR FIRST AID.

February 24, 1992 PA · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING WITH EQUIPMENT WHEN HE WENT IN DOOR FOR A BREAK HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS NECK. THE PAIN GOT WORSE. HE ASKED TO GO HOME APPROX. 930 P.M. AFTER PAIN GOT WORSE.

December 23, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TRANSFERRING CEMENT AND WAS LIFTING THE SLIDE TO OPEN IT.

September 12, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

SCLAE PRINTER WOULD NOT PRINT-BANGED UNIT ON TO GET IT WORKIN-HIT TOP EDGE WITH LITTLE FINGER-RIGHT HAND-LACERATING IT.

May 5, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EXPLOSIVES WERE BEING LOWERED DOWN 55' BOREHOLE.LEAD WIRES BECAME TANGLED AND WHEN HE STOPPED LOWERING HE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

February 21, 1991 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS AT SOLVENT PAD-ACCIDENTALLY OPENED VALVE WITH HIS ELBOW-SOLVENT ENTERED BOTH EYES.

September 24, 1990 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING CHUTE,IT BECAME STUCK.WHEN IT RELEASED FINGER WAS CAUGHT AND INJURED.

June 28, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE INSTALLING A GUARD ON #3 FINISH MILL A SHARP EDGE ON GUARD CUT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND. LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.

March 15, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OVER EXTENDED KNEE IN THE PROCESS OF ERECTING A STEEL CATWALK. TWO MONTHS LATER THE EMPLOYEE ELECTED TO HAVE SURGERY. DISABILITY BEGAN ON 5/12/89. THE INSURANCE COMPANY INVESTIGATED THE INCIDE NT AND CONCLUDED THIS WAS A WORK RELATED INJURY.

March 13, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO MOVE Q STEEL PLATE HE CUT HIS HAND ON A SHARP EDGED. LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND REQUIRED SUTURES.

January 28, 1989 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING DOWN CLEANING SLAG OFF OF MILL LINERS. EMPLOYEE CUT HIS LEG ON BANDING MATERIAL WHICH KEEPS LINERS IN TACK WHILE BEING SLIPPED. LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.

June 24, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

ON 6-24-88 EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A CEMENT CONV3YOR AND REPORTED A PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA. NO MEDICAL TREATMENT OR LOST TIME AT THIS DATE ON 8-11-88 EMPLOYE FELT DISCOMFORT AND WAS TOLD BY PHYSI CIAN HE HAD A HERNIA. EMPLOYEE ELECTED TO CONTINUE WITH HIS REG DUTY NO MEDICAL TREAMTNE NO LOST TIME ON 4-3-89 HE ELECTED TO HAVE SURGERY.

March 4, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GR5BBED FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SPRAINING LEFT SHOULDER

February 11, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS HOLDING3A DROP HAMMER SHAFT TO DRIVE OUT A VERTICAL BUSHING IN A VERTICAL GINDING MILL SHAFT SLIPPED INTO BUSHING PINCHING LEFT THUMB AND RIGGHT LITTLE FINGERS

August 14, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

IN LIFTING CEMENT SACK ONTO PALLET MAN FELT PAIN IN GROIN LATER DIAGONOSED AS HERNIA MAN CONTINUED LIGHT WORK UNTIL ENTERING HOSPITAL FOR SURGURY 9-3-85 LOST TIME DAYS START 9-3-85 AND CONTINU E UNTIL MAN RETURNS TO WORK

July 17, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

IN HELPING LIFT BURNING OUTFIT, MAN WRENCHED BACK

November 2, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Keystone Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

IN PLACING EMPTY CEMENT BAGS ON FLOOR MAN WRENCHED BACK.

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