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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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September 14, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A PRY BAR TO TRY TO PLACE FRAMWORK ON BALL DUMPER IN PLACE; THE BAR SLIPPED AND JERKED EMPLOYEES SHOULDER.

April 5, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TAKING A DOOR OFF AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER. HIS RIGHT ARM IS ALSO BOTHERING HIM.

December 23, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WORKING, "A 2 X 4 X 6 INCH PIECE OF STEEL SHOT OUT AND HIT HIS LEFT FOREARM.

September 18, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON A HEAD SPROCKET, WITH A HAMMER AND HE SLIPPED AND WACKED HIS LEFT THUMB.

January 30, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOT THUMB (LEFT) SMASHED BY A COME-A-LONG.

January 11, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER & HE H IT HIS H AND ON THE SIDE OF A PALLET

September 8, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HITTING INSULATION ELEVATOR WITH A 5 INCH

July 9, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Fall from machine

STANDING ON TOP OF THE DUST COLLECTOR, WHILE TIGHTENING A NUT HE FELL OFF WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPPED.

May 16, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING GASKET ON #22 SILO,TRIED TO LOOSEN BOLT AND WRENCH SLIPPED.

May 10, 1985 MI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
St Marys Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOOSENING BOLT ON #4 PAN CONVEYOR WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE INJURED RIGHT HAND.

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