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3,111
Years on record
1983–2026
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May 3, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON THE TIRE CHANGING MACHINE.WHILE PUTTING TIRE ON THE RIM THE BAR SLIPPED HITTING RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

January 20, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE RE LINING319-B FEED CHUTE, HOOK FROM HOIST SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ABOVE RIGHT EYE CAUSING LACERATION.

October 1, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS PULLING 5 BEARING ON COUNTER WEIGHT SIDE OF SCREEN. HAD TO USE A JACK TRY TO FREE BEARING. IN DOING THIS JACK FELL OFF HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT ELBOW, AND SHOULDER.

August 19, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MIXING CONCRETE3FOR POLES HE WAS PUTTING IN T HE GROUND. HE WAS PUTTING A LOT OF DOWN PRESSURE ON THE HOLES HE WAS USING TO MIX THE CONCRETE, CAUSING INJURY.

July 31, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING T2E TOP OFF A PLASTIC BUCKET WITH A KNIFE, THE KNIFE CAME IN CONTACT WITH LEFT THUMB, CAUSING LACERATION SUTURE REQUIRED

June 12, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UN1LUGGING SYMONS CONE CRUSHER. HE HAD TO GET INSIDE OF THE CRUSHER TO FREE THE OBJECT. USING A COME A LONG TO MOVE THE MANTLE WHERE THE PLUG UP WAS. WHEN PLUG UP WAS FREE, THE M ANTLE MOVED AND3PINCHED THE EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE CRUSHER WALL.

April 6, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EMP WAS TRYING 7O CLEAR A PLUGGED HOPPER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. WHILE HITTING THE HOPPER OVER HIS HEAD WITH THE HAMMER, HE STRAINED HIS BACK

March 22, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPL PULLING ON 10 TON CHAIN FALL WHILE LIFTING HEAVY OBJECT.PAINS IN STOMACH.

April 13, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Struck by flying object

MECHANIC WAS STRIKING PIN FROM LIFTING ARM ON 275 MICH LOADER WITH 416 SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A PIECE OFSTEEL PARTICAL BROKE OFF FROM SLEDGE AND EMBEDDED IN LEFT INDEX FINGER

January 4, 1983 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Slag Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIPPING OVER A 55-GALLON DRUM CONTAINING GRINDING BALLS WITH A COME-A-LONG. HISLEFT ARM AND SHOULDER WAS JERKED FORWARD WHEN THE BARREL SLIPPED CAUSING A DISOLOCATION OF HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

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