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August 26, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE THROWING STONE TRIMINGS, STONE BROKE IN HALF IN HANDS. ONE PIECE FELL ON FOOT JUST BEHIND STEEL TOE PART OF BOOT.

April 4, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

METAL DOGS STORED ABOVE THE OOR IMPROPERLY & WHEN HE WENT TO PULL DOOR DOWN ONE OF THEM FELL & HIT HIM ON THE HAND

April 1, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLED BACK MUSCLE TRYING TO PULL A SAW BLADE OUT OF A SAWED BLOCK OF STONE.

May 17, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

20' CREASER TANGLED UP WITH AIR HOSE AND WAS PULLED DOWN ON HIM, HITTING HIM ON THE HAND AND SHIN.

May 3, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUSHING STONE ONTO TABLE, THE STONE BROKE IN HALF, CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN STONE AND STEEL FRAME ON TABLE. FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

June 16, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS BLOCKING STONE IN THE MILL. WHEN HE WENT TO PUT ANOTHER SMALLER PIECE OF STONE UNDER THE STONE HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TWO PIECES OF STONE. IT SMASHED HIS FINGER CAUSIN G THE SKIN TO BREAK AND REQUIRE STITCHES. WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED THREE STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND.

August 11, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS DOWN IN THE PIT PULLING A COUPLE SAW BLADES OUT OF POSTION IN ORDER TO RAISE THE GANG. A BROKEN ROUGHBACK FELL TRAPPING HIM AS HE WAS CLEARING THE PIT.

May 18, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS THROWING A PIECE OF SCRAP STONE INTO THE DUMP BOX WHEN HE HIT HIS HAND ON THE CONVEYOR RAIL

May 6, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS PULLING 3IN WALL STONE OFF CONVEYOR & STACKING IT ON PALLETS WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON SOMETHING IT STARTED TO BLEED BUT HE WIPED IT OFF & KEPT WORKING

February 26, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOVE PIECE OF STEEL FROM OUTSIDE THE BUILDING TO THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING. AS HE REACHED TO GRAB HOLD OF ONE END, THE OTHER EMPLOYEE PULLED FROM HIS END CTCH ING HIS END CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE STEEL AND THE TOWMOTOR.

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