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1983–2026
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September 28, 1987 TN · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDV CLEANING D9BRIS MUD & DIRT FROM BEHIND ACCELERATOR PEDAL OF TRUCK HAD KNIFE LAYING ON SEAT.REACHED WITH LEFT HAND BROUGHT KNIFE ACROSS RIGHT HAND AND CUT FINGER.

November 21, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

INDIVIDUAL WAS 9AKING CLINKERS OFF GRATE IN DISCHARGE END OF KILN RAKE BECAME LODGED WHEN A LARGE CLINKER FELL ON TOP OF THE RAKE AND PINNING IT AGAINST THE ONE HE WAS PULLINGG ON INDIVIDUAL HAD TO USE EXT9A FORCE IN TRYING TO PULL THE RAKE LOOSE THERE BY PLACING HIMSELD IN AN AWKWARD POSITION

May 29, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INDIVIDUAL WAS 6SING A PORTABLE CABLE HOIST (COME-A-LONG) TO DRAW TWO ENDS OF CONVEYOR BELT TOGHER FOR SPLICING.

March 4, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

INDIVIDUAL WAS 9AKING MATERILA OUT OF TRUCK WHEN A PORTION BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE HYDRATE MATERIAL TO SPLATTER INTO HIS EYE PRODUCING A LIME BURN TO HIS LEFT EYE

February 7, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED WAS WOR5ING ON LOWER FLOOR WHEN A METAL BAR WAS DROPPED FROM THE FLOOR ABOVE HIS PARTNER SHOUTED FOR HIM TO RUN, BUT HAD ONLY TAKEN TWO STEPS WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE LOWER RIGHT THORAX AREA OF HIS BA7K WHICH KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND. HE FELL ON A SMALL PILE OF FIRE BRICK THAT PROBABLY CAUSED THE HAIRLINE CRACKS TO HIS RIGHT PELVIC BONE.

February 3, 1986 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJ WAS HOLDING3A BOLT WHILE HIS PARTNER WAS TIGHTENING IT. THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT CAUSING A LUNGE TOWARD THE INJURED BEFORE HE COULD MOVE OUT OF THE WAY THE HEEL OF THE WRENCH STRUCK THE INJURED ABOVE T2E EYEBROW RESULTING IN A 1" LACERATION REQUIRING EIGHT STITCHES

October 2, 1984 TN · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tenn-Luttrell Lime Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

INDIVIDUAL WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK UPPIECES OF HOT CLINKERS FROM THE KILN. AS HE STRUCK THE CLINKER, SMALL PIECES OF MATERIAL FLEW UP IN HIS FACE. HE TURNED HIS HEAD TO AVOID THEM B UT A SMALL PIECE WENT IN HIS EYE AND BURNED A BLISTER.

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