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August 2, 1999 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRIVING PIN OUT OF HYDRAULIC CYLINDER ON CATERPILLAR SCRAPER. PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF PIN AND HIT EE IN LEFT FOREARM. EE WENT TO DR. AND HAD METAL REMOVED. NO LOST TIME. Y

March 17, 1999 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING TESTING RIG, DRILLING FORCLAY SAMPLES. WHILE SHOVELING WASTE SAND FROM DRILL AUGER, EMPLOYEE PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT ELBOW.

July 1, 1998 TN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CONSTRUCTING STEPS FOR A CAT WALK, A CROWBAR FELL OFF THE CAT WALK AND THE EE CAUGHT IT WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING HIM

June 24, 1997 TN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PREPARING TO DRILL TEST HOLE, EE WAS CHOPPING BRANCH OFF A TREE AND AXE SLIPPED OFF BRANCHAND CUT EE'S BIG TOE ON RIGHT FOOT.

August 18, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HLEPING PUT A MASTER LINK IN D-6 DOZER TRACK. HE WAS HOLDING HT EPIN WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING IT IN. A PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF HTE PIN AN HIT EMPLOYEE IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK. PUNCTURE WOUND IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK.

June 22, 1993 TN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CYLINDER ON BOOM OF CATERPILLAR EXCAVATOR, HAD CHAIN AROUND CYLINDER LOWERING ONTO BOOM. CHAIN BROKE ALLOWING CYLINDER TO FALL AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S LEFT HAND BETWEEN C YLINDER AND BOOM. CONTUSION TO BACK OF LEFT HAND

August 12, 1992 TN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
H C Spinks Clay Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

79969 TO THE SALLEGED INJURY EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING FLOOR WITH PUSH BROOM HE CAME TO HIS FOREMAN & SAID WHILE SWEEPING HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK & ASKED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR

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