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1983–2026
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July 8, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck by flying object

EMPL WORKING ON DRILL #4 IN MINE #3.9 WEST Q-SOUTH 240 LEVEL.EMPL STRIKING DRILL BIT WITH HAMMER WHEN PIECE OF BIT SPLINTERED AND ENTERED PALM OF LEFT HAND.

June 30, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS IN MACHINE SHOP. HE WA> DISMANTLING BELT CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY ASSEMBLY FOR SHAFT AND BEARING REPLACEMENT WHEN THE WRENCH SLIPED PINCHING THUMB ON EDGE OF PULLEY.

April 8, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING IN THE QURRY PUMP HOUSE WHEN HE H IT HIS ELBOW ON A PUMP BOLT

March 18, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING #54 GIRAFFE IN MINE #3 RS/10W-310 LEVEL EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING DOWN ON SCALING BAR TRYING TO SCALE STONE FROM FACE WHEN PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS BACK

January 21, 1988 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SC5LING IN MINE 2 AW/5N. HE WAS ON JLG 58 MACHINE AERIAL WORK PLATFORM. HE WAS SCALING THE RIB WHEN THE BAR HE WAS USING CAUGHT ON ROCK CAUSING THE BAR TO SNAP BACK STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT S3DE OF HIS HEAD NEAR RIGHT EYE.

December 30, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN3MINE 3 (135 LEVEL) Q SO.OFF 5WEST EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING & SEALING BAR SLIPPED OUT OF CRACK IN CEILING & PINCHED RT.THUMB BETWEEN THE BAR & THE RAIL OF AERIAL PLATFORM

October 8, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE ACCIDENT OC7URRED IN MINE#3.HE WAS USING #54 GIRAFFE SCALING UNIT.EMPLOYEE WAS SCALING BOITTOM FOR THE DRILL AND PULLED OR STRAINED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LA RGE STONE OF BO7TOM.HE WAS USING A 6 FOOT SCALING BAR TO PRY STONE LOOSE.

July 4, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DO3NG YARD CLEAN-PUP WORK WITH A SCYTHE & WAS SHARPENING IT & CUT HIS THUMB

May 20, 1987 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING THE CRUSHER AND WHILE CLEANING OUT THE TRANSFER CHUTES HE BRUISED HIS RIGHT FOREARM AND WRIST. HE WAS USING A SCALING BAR TO LOOSEN THE PACKED MATERIAL AND INJURED HIMSE LF WHENHIS ARM 5ND WRIST HIT HTE RIM OF TRANSFER POINT.

September 9, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A SIX FOOT S CALING BAR TO TRIM LOOSE STONE IN MINE #3 FROM ROOF & SIDE WALLS WHEN PAIN DEVELOPED IN LEFT FOREARM

May 30, 1986 PA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING BOLT ON FRONT END LOADER WHEN HIS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE LEFT ELBOW ON LOADER FRAME.

November 18, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG A HAMMER TOLOOSEN STRIKING BAR COUPLING WHEN A SLIVER OF METAL BROKE OFF THE HAMMER AND ENTERED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.

October 12, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A ROCK WITH A SCALING BASXX BAR WHEN BAR SLIPPED CAUSING HIS UPPER BODY TO TWIST. PAIN DEVELOPED IN HIS NECK, RIGHT SHOULDER AND RIGHT ARM.

July 25, 1985 PA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING BOTTOM HATCH OF RAILROAD CAR BOTTOM HATCH CONTROL WAS VERY TIGHT HATCH CONTROL SUDDENLY RELEASED & SNAPPED RIGHT ARM OF EMPLOYEE

July 17, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING TOOTH ON BUCKET OF LOADER AND WHILE DRIVING PIN THROUGH A BUCKET TOOTH EMPLOYEE HIT THE THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND.

June 25, 1984 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP DEVELOPED PAIN IN BACK WHILE CLEANING MUD FROM TRUCK WEIGHING SCALE PIT

November 28, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNCLOG THE SPOUT OF A BAGGER IN PLANT #1 WITH A PIECE OF ROD. THE BAGGER WAS SHUT OFF BUT WHEN THE MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE IT CAME OUT WITH FORCE WHICH CAUSED THE ROD TO HI T HIS HAND AND BEND IT BACKWARDS.

May 27, 1983 PA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomasville Stone & Lime Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A FOOT VALVE TO BE PUT IN PUMP HOLE WHEN CABLE THAT WAS HOOKED ONTO THE VALVE CAUGHT PAUL AND THREW HIM DOWN BEEN HAVING PAIN SINCE THAT TIME

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