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April 16, 1999 GA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS CUTTING THE SEAL ON A CHEMICAL BARRELWHEN HIS KNIFE SLIPPED PUNCTURING HIS HAND. THE RESULTING LACERATION REQUIRED 2 STITCHES TO CLOSE.

February 5, 1998 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER AND PUNCH ON A VALVEEMPLOYE REACHED FOR VALVE. HIT HAMMER ON PUNCH KNOCKING A PIECE OF METAL OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE' S HAND.

November 11, 1997 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT THIRD AND FOURTH FINGERS OF LEFT HAND WHILE TRYING TO CUT BROOM STRAWS TO CLEAN AND CLAY DROP SO HE COULD APPLY MORE SILICONE.

September 10, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against stationary object

WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT AND SMASHED INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND IN PELLETIZER HOUSING. DR HAD TO DRILL HOLE IN NAIL TO RELIEVE PRESSURE.

September 9, 1996 AL · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING CLAMP ON 375 EXCAVATOR, FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN WRENCH AND BUCKET CYCLINDER. AN IMPROPER WRENCH SIZE WAS USED TO TIGHTEN THE BOLT, CAUSING INJURED EE TO HOLD WRENCH ONTO BOLT HEA D.

June 25, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING A TOOTH OFF FRM A BUCKET. HE WAS HITTING TOOTH WITH A HAMMER AND A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT ABDOMEN.

February 4, 1996 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLOSING DOOR ON RAIL CAR HOPPER, TOOL SLIPPED OFF CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN DOOR AND CROSSFIRE.

January 22, 1996 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecc International · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HITTING FROZEN MATERIAL (ORE) IN A RAIL CAR WITH METAL BAR. THE FROZEN MATEIRAL BROKE FREE AND NIDDLE FINGER, RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED BETWEEN BAR AND RAIL CAR.

October 27, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TIGHTENING 3" FEED PIPE ON MAGNET AND WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT THUMB.

October 20, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE JACKING RAIL CAR UP TRACK, JACK SLIPPED CAUSIGN EMPLOYEE TO SLIP STRAINING MUSSCLES IN LWOER BACK.

September 15, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HOLDING NUT WITH NUT DRIVER AND ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN SCREW WITH SCREW DRIVER AND CUT INDEX FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

March 14, 1995 GA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SQUATTING DOWN NAILING BOARDS TOGETHER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

November 24, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE A LUMP OF CLAY. REACHED INTO TRANSITION THROUGH CLEAN OUT - REMPVED HAND & HIT SIDE OF TRANSITION WITH HAMMER REACHED BACK IN & LUMP OF COAL FELL PUSHING HAND IN TO ROTARY LOCK BELOW CLEANOUT.

October 26, 1994 GA · Metal/Non-Metal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

SLINGING SLEDGE HAMMER AND SPRAIN RIGHT WRISST.

June 14, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS STRAIGHTENING LADDER ON KAWASAKI 957 II WITH HAMMER AND SMACKED HIS THUMB.

March 28, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PORTA-POWER HYD JACK POPPED OUT FROM BETWEEN WORK AREAS AND STRUCK INJURED ON HIS HARD HAT AND THE HART HAT SUSPENSION BAND CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS FOREHEAD.

January 18, 1994 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE ALEDGES THAT WHILE TIGHTENING A BOLT ON CRUSHER, THE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL OVER BACKWARDS.

December 16, 1993 AL · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATES HE WAS CUTTING A 5 GALLON PALSTIC CONTAINER WHEN HIS BALDE BROKE ON THE RAZOR. SLIPPING AND CUTTING HIS LEFT THUMB . IT REQUIRED SOME STITCHES.

October 15, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shiely Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING BRIDGE RAIL RUBBER WITH A RAZOR KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIM ON THE ARM.

August 25, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO GET THROUGH A THICK AREA OF BRUSH AND A VINE PUSHED HIS BUSH HOOK BACK INTO HIS LEG.

August 18, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STABBED IN RIGHT THUMB WITH BOX CUTTER WHILE REACHING AROUND BIG BAG TO CUT OPEN.

August 16, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE ADJUSTING CRUSHER A INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON LEFT SMALL FINGER BY WEDGE AFTER OTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK WEDGE WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. THE LEFT SMALL FINGER WAS FRACTURED.

July 15, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT FINGER WITH WRENCH CONTUSION.

June 2, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BRACES ON TUBE PUMP HAD BROKEN. EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING BRACE WHEN HE WAS BREADING BOLTS LOOSE, WRENCH SLIPPED CUTTING RIGHT FOREARM.

February 19, 1993 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE UP ROTORY LOCK WITH 24" PIPE WRENCH, ROTORY LOCK TURNED LOOSE, WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FRONT TOOTH.

February 2, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shiely Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING RATCHET AND CHEATER BAR TO LOOSEN LUG BOLTS ON DOZER TIVE DIM WHEN SOCKET ADAPTOR BROKE LOWER BACK STRAIN.

January 6, 1993 CO · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MINER WAS PRYING ON A MOTOR WHILE A CRANE WAS ATTACHED TO MTR.W/STRAIN ON HOIST LINE. CRANE OILER UNAWARE OF TRAIN CONTINUED TO PICK CAUSING MTR. TO LEAP OUT AT MINER. MINER WAS HIT IN FACE CA USING LACERATIONS TO LET SIDE OF NOSE & EYEBROW.

December 3, 1992 MN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shiely Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME GOING TO LOWER WINCH ON COUNTER WEIGHT. BELT TAKE UP. WHEN WINCH LET LOOSE. CRANK HANDLE ON WINCH CAME AROUND HITTING EMPL ON CACK OF LEFT HAND.

October 17, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING 1/2 RACHET TO REMOVE A NUT FROM THE GAURD ON 8 X 20 SCREEN WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING RIGHT WRIST TO HIT THE GUARD ON SCREEN, EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING WEAR PLAT ON 966 CAT LOAD ER BUCKET STRAINING LEFT WRIST.

August 31, 1992 CO · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cooley Gravel Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

STRAINED RT SHOULDER WHILE PULLING ON TORQUE WRENCH

August 3, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

95719ING PTO CABLE SAW HE WAS USING SLIPPED CUT L INDEX FINGER

July 22, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TIGHTENING CHAIN BUCK TO SECURE DOZER ON LOWBOY, EMPLOYEE STRAINED LOWER BACK.

June 22, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL TIGHTENING DOOR AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND MASHED THUMB.RECD 6 STITCHES IN THUMB.

May 5, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS STRIKING THE END OF A SHAFT ON A ROTOR FEEDER WHEN HE HIT HIS FINGER AGAINST THE SHAFT CUTTING HIS FINGER.SOME STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.

April 27, 1992 AL · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CUTTING THE TOP OFF OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE WHEN THE RAZOR UTILITY KNIFE BLADE BROKE STICKING INTO THE JUG EMPLOYEES FINGER SLIPPED OVER BROKE BLADE CUTTING HIS INDEX FINGER SOME STITCHES REQUIRED

April 24, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HITTING PRY BAR WITH HAMMER TRYING TO KNOCK APART THE MOTOR. PRY BAR SHATTERED AND PIECE WENT INTO HIS CHEST UNDER THE RIGHT BREAST.

March 22, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS & HAND SCRUBBED OVER A JAGGED STEEL COVER CUTTING HAND

March 14, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A BOLT & IT GAVE WAY CAUSING THE RATCHET TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH

March 10, 1992 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CLOSE BOXCAR WITH A METAL BAR; BAR SLIPPED AND SMASHED AGAINST SIDE OF BOXCAR. FIGNER SPLINT.

October 21, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shiely Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE BOULDER IN JAW CRUSHER WITH STEEL BAR, BOULDER SHIFTED CAUSING BAR TO STRIKE OPERATOR BREAKING FINGER AND WRIST.

September 27, 1991 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shiely Company · Struck by falling object

I NAME WAS HOLDING A CHUTE THAT WAS PROPPED UP & HAMMERING ON A GATE THAT WAS NOT CLOSED COMPLETELY THE CHUTE THAT WAS PROPPED UP FELL DOWN & PINCHED I NAME FINGERS

September 5, 1991 GA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Anglo American Clays Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLAMPING BULK HEAD BANS THE BAN BROKE AND CUT WORKER ON WRIST.

August 12, 1991 AL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ecci Calcium Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS ADJUSTING #4 FEEDER WITH A 12" CRESCENT WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH.

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