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Years on record
1983–2026
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March 17, 1994 WV · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS #3 DRY SCREEN WRENCH SLIPPED BRUISED THUMB AND RIGHT HAND SOME LACERATION AND NUMBNESS.

August 21, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIGGING OUT STONE CHUTE THAT HAD STOPPED UP WITH DAMP MATERIALS.

April 22, 1993 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING RAILROAD CARS. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FOUR FOOT BAR TO CLOSE DOORS AND STRUCK DOOR TO LOOSEN REMAINING COAL DUST. A SMALL PIECE OF RUST APPARENTLY FLEW OFF THE DOOR AND S TRUCK HIM IN HI RIGHT EYE.

March 12, 1992 WV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HITTING STONE CHUTE WITH HAMMER THE CHUTS WAS STOPPED UP WITH DAMP STONE WOULD NOT FLOW

August 8, 1991 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER, TRYING TO DRIVE SPROCKET ON SHAFT. MASHED THUMB ON LEFT HAND.

October 23, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A DOOR ON A RAILROAD CAR AFTER CLEANING IT AND THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN BACK.

October 15, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNSTOP AN AGGREGATE CHUTE BY STRIKING IT WITH A WRENCH AND HIT HIS FINGER.

September 20, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR ON A RAILROAD CAR AFTER CLEANING IT AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

March 2, 1990 WV · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS CLOSING HOPPER DOOR ON CSXT 803298 THE IRON BAR THAT WAS BEING USED TO CLOSE DOOR SLIPPED WHEN PRESSURE WAS BEING APPLIED WITH MANUAL FOCRCE CAUSING EE TO FALL AND TWIST RIGHT LEG AND A NKLE HIS FOOT ACCORDING TO HIM WAS ALMOST TWISTEBACKWARD.

May 4, 1988 WV · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH SLIPPED FROM EMPLOYEES HAND WHILE WORKING ON EQUIPMENT

July 3, 1986 WV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH SLIPPED 2FF BOLT AND HIT ELBOW

March 5, 1985 WV · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL CLEANING OUT DUST COLLECTOR.SOMETHING FELL FROM ABOVE STRUCK HIM IN LEFT EYE.DAMAGE TO EYE CHECKED AT HOSPITAL AND EMPL WAS HOSPITALIZED.

April 7, 1983 WV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Acme Limestone Company · Fall from machine

WHILE CLEANING RAILROAD CARS, EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING DOOR, BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL.

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