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April 14, 1989 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arkansas Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL LOADING TRUCK WHEN MATERIAL FLOW SLOWED.STRIKING SIDE OF TANK WITH STEEL ROD WHEN ROD CAME IN CONTACT WITH SUPPORT CABLE CAUSING ROD TO DEFLECT OFF CABLE AND STRIKE EMPL IN SIDE OF HEAD.R OD WAS BENT AND BENT PORTION IS WHAT STRUCK CABLE ALSO EMPL IS UNUSUALLY STRONG AND CAN PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE THRUST WITH ROD.

October 24, 1988 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arkansas Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE A REPAIRMAN/4 WAS ASSISTING IN CONSTRUCTION OF FRAMEWORK OF NEW CRUSHING STRUCTURE A THE QUARRY,COME-A-LONG WAS BEING USED TO SECURE A 40" H BEAM TO OTHER STRUCTURAL STEEL AND THE HO OK ON THE COME-A-LONG SLIPPED OF AND THE METAL BEAM BUMPED THE EMPLOYEE'S SHOULDER.EMPLOYEE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT UNTIL 11-14-88.EMPLOYEE HAS CONTINUED TO WORK.

September 30, 1988 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arkansas Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS DOING JOB AS USUAL & POKER BECAME LODGED IN DISCHARGE SHUTE. EMPL ATTEMPTED TO FREE POKER & WHEN HE PULLED ON IT HE WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD & POKER STRUCK EMPLS RIGHT SHOULDER.

July 24, 1988 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arkansas Lime Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

NEW EMPLOYEE WITH 5 WEEKS WAS ATTEMPTING TO LOAD TRUCK FROM STORAGE BIN. MATERIAL HAD BRIDGED IN TANK AND WOULD NOT FEED OUT, THUS THE EMPLOYEE OPENED AN INSPECTION DOOR AND POKED THE MATERIA L WIHT A POKER, IN DOING THIS THE MATERIAL FELL AND DUST PARTICLES BLEW OUT OF THE APPROX. INCH DOOR AND BLEW INTO THE EMPLOYEES FACE.

June 19, 1988 AR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arkansas Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF ELBOW PAIN. ASSIGNMENT CONSISTED OF SHOVELING MUCK FROM AROUND BELTS AND OTHER AREA. EMPLOYEE DECLINED TO SAY STRAIN FROM WORK CAUSED INJURY. INVESTIGATION BY SAFET Y DEPARTMENT CONCLUDED THE INJURY WAS PROBABLY DUE TO STENOUS WORK OR AT LEAST COULD HAVE AGGRABVATED INJURY. EMPLOYEE WAS OFF TWO DAYS PRIOR TO COMPLAINT.

February 23, 1988 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arkansas Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL TIGHTENING BEARING BEING MOUNTED IN ROLLERMILL.LIMITED PLACE TO WORK,EMPL FORCED TO RELY ON TOUCH.WRENCH NOT SEATED ON HUB AND SLIPPED.HANDLE CAUGHT EMPL FINGER RESULTING IN CLOSED FX OF RING FINGER LEFT HAND.

July 2, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arkansas Lime Company · Struck by falling object

MAINTENANCE EMP5OYEE WAS USING A HOIST TO PULL THE ROLLS IN THE ROLLER MILL,HOOK ON PULLY BLOCK BROKE.CABLE STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE UPPER LEFT BACK.INJURY CONSISTED OF ONE BROKEN RIB AND BRUISE D LEFT LUNG.INV9STIGATION BY THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT REVEALED THE NEED TO ATTACH A SECOND HOOK AND CABLE FOR THIS MAINTENANCE.

February 25, 1987 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arkansas Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ASSISTI3G OTHERS ATTEMPTING TO SPIKE DOWN A RAIL ROAD RAIL. HE PLACED HAND NEAR SPIKE HEAD OTHER EMPLOYEE STRUCK SPIKE AND HAMMER BOUNCED OFF AND HIT #1 S FINGER MASHED END OF FINGER

November 18, 1985 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arkansas Lime Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HO5DING A SPIKE HAMMER AS ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO KNOCK OUT A PIN IN ANIOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT A PIECCE OF STEEL BROKE OFF OF THE SPIKE HAMMER AND STRUCK HAMMER HOLD ERS LEG THE STE9L SLIVER PENETRATED THE INSIDE THIGH OF EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE WAS UNAWARE OF THE PENETRATION UNTIL HE NOTICED HSI BLOOD SOAKED CLOTHEING

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