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June 18, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-County Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SPLICING THE VSI ELEVATOR BELT. THE BELT FREE WHEELED ABOUT HALFWAY AROUND AS HE WAS PULLING IT BACK INTO PLACE. THGE CLAMPS MUST HAVE SLIPPED AND THE BELT DROPPED PINNING HIS LEG.

October 23, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-County Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS RELEASING THE HEIL TAILGATE OF THE 1981 CHEVROLET DUMP TRUCK WHEN TAILGATE CAME BACK AND SLICED TOP OF RIGHT RING FINGER.

July 17, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-County Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STARTED WORK AT 7:30AM GREASED PORTABLE PLANT SHOVELED THE SPILLAGE AROUND GOT ON LOADER CHARGED PLANT & LOADED TRUCKS HE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN LEFT CHEST AT 9:00 AM HE WENT TO THE E MERGENCY ROOM AROUND 9:30AM EKG NOT DONE AT HARDIN MEMORIAL SO EMPLOYER TOOK HIM TO WYANDOT MEMORIAL AOSO DIAGNOSIS WAS MUSCLE STRAIN

April 12, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-County Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING AN ELEVATOR USING AN EXTENSION LADDER & CABLE COME-ALONG HE WAS FREEING METAL WHICH WAS STUCK & STATED THAT THE ACTION OF THE LADDER MOVING & THE METAL BREAKING FREE SEN T SHARP PAIN THROUGHOUT HIS BACK HE THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE

June 25, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tri-County Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I NAME WAS REPL5CING THE TRANSMISSION LINE ON THE JOHN DEERE LOADER AT THE MAINTENANCE BLDG IN ORDER TO DO SO HE REMOVED THE COUNTERWEIGHT AND HURT HIS BACK WHICH HE HAD HURT AT HIS HOME SOMET DURING THE WEEK3OF JUNE 25TH LOADING A LAWN MOWER FROM HIS PICKUP

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