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1983–2026
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December 18, 1984 VI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Alumina · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING AN ALLEN WRENCH TO TIGHTEN A COUPLING HIS HAND SLIPPED CAUSING THE SHAFT TO SPIN & HIS LEFT THUMB WAS CUT BY A SHARP EDGE ON THE COUPLING COVER A TENDON WAS LACERATED

August 16, 1984 VI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Alumina · Struck against stationary object

TIGHTENING A STUD WITH A HAMMER AND A HAMMER WRENCH HIT HIS LEFT HAND WITH A H AMMER AND THE WRIST HIT AGAINST METAL BEHIND THE STUD CHIP FRACTURE LEFT WRIST RESULTED

March 17, 1984 VI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Alumina · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

UNLOADING A LIME TRAILER. ONE OF THE HOPPERS WAS PLUGGED. HE HIT ON THE SIDE OF THE HOPPER WITH A PIECE OF IRON TO LOOSEN THE LIME. HIS RIGHT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SIDE OF THE LIME HOPPE R AND THE PIECE OF IRON. HE FRACTURED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

January 13, 1984 VI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Alumina · Struck against stationary object

USING A KNOCKER BAR TO OPEN SUCTION VALVE T-9-1. HE HIT HIS HAND AGAINST THE RAILING.

December 13, 1983 VI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Alumina · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING A VALVE USING A PIPE WRENCH. WRENCH SLIPPED AND HIT HIS FOREHEAD JUST ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.

September 17, 1983 VI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Alumina · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LACERATION TO UPPER LIP CAUSED WHEN A PIPE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LIP WHEN HE WAS TIGHTENING PACKING NUTS ON STEAM VALVE LACERATION REQURIED SUTUTRES

August 11, 1983 VI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Alumina · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUT RIGHT THIRD FINGER ON SHARP EDGE OF SLEEVE THE WAS USING TO INSTALL BEARING

June 9, 1983 VI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Alumina · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS RODDING OUT TAP WHEN HIS FOOT HIT THE VALVE HANDLE, OPENING THE VALVE AND SPRAYING HOT LIQUOR.

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